Center for Biological Diversity: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico Conservation groups filed a legal petition today urging the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to revise protected critical habitat for the leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) under the Endangered Species Act. The petition asks the wildlife agency to protect three important leatherback nesting beaches in Puerto Rico and to consider the addition of other important nesting beaches for this species on the island.
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Cooling nest temperatures could help reduce the trend.
Turtle conservation efforts must also address threats beyond climate change, including pollution, fishing bycatch and illegal poaching.
Because of global warming, most newborn sea turtles are female, which could put their long-term survival at risk. New research reveals that in addition to more widely used techniques such as shading and irrigation, the splitting of the turtle nests, which has not been tried before, could even out the sex ratio of turtle hatchlings.
Scientists also argue that to increase the resilience of sea turtles, turtle conservation must address threats beyond climate change, including ocean pollution, unsustainable fishing and illegal wildlife trade.