Teams of the Environment and Natural Reserves Authority found 14 green marine turtles and returned them to the waters of the Crimean Trees Reserve in Kalba, after they undertook the necessary care, care and inspection for them and provided them with tracking devices. Green sea turtles are considered to be an endangered species.
The Environmental and Natural Reserves Authority is keen on protecting various types of extinction, and among its strategy is to protect green sea turtles, and in a previous stage had launched a number of green turtles threatened with extinction, and provided them with a new life in the Crimean Trees Reserve in Kalba, and its launch marked the beginning of A scientific study that lasts for a period ranging between two and three years, with the aim of reading, knowing and analyzing the lifestyle and lifestyle of this type of turtle, and the suitability of the waters of the Gulf of Oman for its life, and the study is considered the first of its kind in the region, and it is an added value to the research of natural life in the Emirates and And for the Gulf Cooperation Council.
The head of the Environment and Natural Reserves Authority, here Saif Al-Suwaidi, said that green turtles are known in the Gulf of Oman, and are few in the Arabian Gulf, and are threatened with extinction globally, and little is known about them, their behavior, where they thrive, where they migrate, the feeding and life style, and their nesting was discovered in 2012, and accordingly, discussions were held with the International Fund for Natural Protection and the Emirates Wildlife Society, to conduct a new study related to green turtles, with a view to discovering more about the eating and living habits of green turtles that are found in the canals of the Ash Crimean neighbor Kalba.
The study is the first of its kind in the region, and it is an added value to natural life research in the Emirates.