Published Paper


Conservation and Sustainability of Turtle in Bakungan Island of Sandakan and Bohey Dulang Island of Semporna, Sabah, Malaysia

Ismail Ali
Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Malaysia
Page: 245-251
Published on: 2024 September

Abstract

The writing of this paper aims to report on the results of research conducted on the conservation and sustainability of turtle in Bakungan Island, Sandakan and Bohey Dulang Island, Semporna in Sabah, Malaysia. Nowadays, turtles have been categorized as among the endangered species of life due to various factors. In fact, this study aims to find out what is the alternatives of conservation and survival of newborn turtle in addition to continuing to release the newly born turtle into the sea only. Based on the study, the method of releasing newly born turtles into the sea is no longer practical nowadays due to the existence of various predators in the coastal areas. The results from this study showing this problem can be overcome by not releasing the newly born turtle directly into the sea but preserved this newly born turtle until the shell of the turtle shell has become hard by using several methods such as the pond, tank and cage.

 

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