It also gives them the right to have a healthy environment free of pollution.
Now, the hope is that other countries will take similar steps to protect the species that is under threat ofThe development will give sea turtles the right to an environment free of pollution and other nefarious human actions that threaten the development and evolution of the rare species.
Other experts such as Nicholas Fromherz, an adjunct law professor and director of the alliance’s Latin American Program, commended the law for explicitly saying sea turtles have rights. The law even prohibits all commerce in sea turtles, parts and eggs, with a small exception made for subsistence use by a few traditional communities.
These communities lost their main source of income as the pandemic halted tourism. They thus began harvesting sea turtle eggs and some nesting turtles to sell for meat and their shells,This soon became problematic in the conservation of the animals seeing as much as 90 percent of the animals disappear from some beaches.
As such, turtle protection groups, including the conservancy, called for new and improved laws that would offer better clearer protection for sea turtles. They also asked for financial penalties to be implemented.
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