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National park chiefs push for dedicated for sea turtle protection areas

By Tanyaluk Sakoot

 

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Protected areas to be expanded for sea turtle preservation. Photo: Khao Lampi - Hat Thai Mueang National Park

 

PHUKET: National parks chiefs in Phuket and Phang Nga are calling for hotels and other beachfront businesses to join a campaign to create turtle preservation zones to protect turtle eggs being laid along west-coast beaches.

 

Prarop Plangngarn, Chief of “Operations Center 2” at Sirinath Marine National Park, on Phuket’s northwest coast, and Haritchai Rittichuay, Chief of the Khao Lampi – Hat Thai Mueang National Park, north of Phuket in Phang Nga province, along with other nature and environmental protection officers decided at a meeting last month to survey areas where the zones would be most appropriate – namely in the areas adjacent to the two national parks.

 

“Presently, there are only a few areas that are suitable for turtles to lay their eggs because of the continual expansion of human communities and the tourism industry,” Mr Prapop told The Phuket News.

 

Full story: https://www.thephuketnews.com/national-park-chiefs-push-for-dedicated-for-sea-turtle-protection-areas-74238.php

 

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-- © Copyright Phuket News 2020-01-04

 

 

 

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