#olive ridleys

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Undisturbed mass nesting of Olive Ridleys at Rushikulya

Restrictions in place for the COVID-19 threat is saving lakhs of Olive Ridley turtles from possible intrusion by humans, especially tourists, while they are continuing mass nesting at Odisha’s Rushikulya rookery.

According to the Forest Department’s enumeration, over 2,78,502 mother turtles have nested at this coast till Wednesday morning. Since Tuesday evening, over 72,142 Olive Ridleys have…

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Undisturbed mass nesting of Olive Ridleys at Rushikulya

Restrictions in place for the COVID-19 menace is saving lakhs of Olive Ridley turtles from attainable intrusion by people, particularly vacationers, whereas they’re persevering with mass nesting at Odisha’s Rushikulya rookery.

Based on the Forest Division’s enumeration, over 2,78,502 mom turtles have nested at this coast until Wednesday morning. Since Tuesday night, over 72,142 Olive Ridleys…

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saving the ridley

The subtext here is interesting. Conservation in India, built around exclusionary principles that try to protect biodiversity by blocking people’s access to natural resources, is seen as anti-poor. When environment NGOs insist that the state patrol more, or that the fishermen install turtle excluder devices (essentially, a trapdoor at the end of the net that swings upon if a large body like, say, a turtle, bumps into it), it is this perception that they run up against. Given that context, what is happening in Orissa is hugely interesting. The OMRCC has realised that the interests of the poorer parts of the local community actually align with the objectives of the conservationists. 

In the third world, do conservation campaigns that ignore poverty stand any chance of success? an article examining this question in the specific context of the olive ridley turtles was published in the hindu businessline.