Leatherback Turtles, Bulldozers and Human Nature
Ministry of Works bulldozer at Grande Riviere Beach diverts the course of the Grande Riviere river, Sunday, July, 8 2012. (Photo: Marc De Verteuil/Papa Bois Conservation)
This week’s news about the disastrous deaths of thousands of young and still incubating leatherback turtles in Trinidad reads like something out of a dark comic novel, a gross parody of a cascade of bad decisions resulting in an epic disaster […]
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