Case Study on Sea Turtle Conservation (Home Based Project Initiative of FSL India)
1. Introduction Karnataka is the habitat of the Olive Ridley and Green Sea Turtles. Between September and December each year they come to the beaches around Kundapur to lay eggs. After 20 years of living in the ocean and after swimming thousands of miles, the female sea turtles return to the beach to nest where they hatch. Since a couple of years things have changed because of rising pollution of ocean and beaches. Every year less and less turtles come…