The green turtle is listed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature as endangered. Much reduced from their previous numbers, the green turtle nesting populations in the inner islands are on the verge of extinction..
He outlined that by the time the research station was established it was very rare to see even one green turtle nesting on Settlement Beach, the largest beach on the atoll. The situation gradually started to change with the SIF sea turtle protection programme.
During March, SIF rangers patrolled the beach in front of the research station every morning to count the number of tracks left by the nesting green turtles during the night. According to an article in the SIF newsletter recently released, the numbers really started to increase from 2000 onwards, increasing dramatically almost year on year since then.
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