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Guarding North Cyprus's Sea Turtle Nesting Beaches

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🇨🇾 Cyprus

Volunteers formed in the 1980s now screen thousands of green and loggerhead turtle nests a season on North Cyprus's beaches, turning a near-silent coastline into one of the Mediterranean's nesting strongholds.

2,400nestsSea turtle nests recorded in a single season (2020, all-time high)
162%Increase in green turtle nest counts since 1993
3metric tonsPlastic waste removed in 2020 beach cleanups
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