{"id":55148,"date":"2026-02-14T17:56:50","date_gmt":"2026-02-14T17:56:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/green-sea-turtles-shift-from-endangered-to-least-concern-2"},"modified":"2026-02-14T18:19:18","modified_gmt":"2026-02-14T18:19:18","slug":"green-sea-turtles-shift-from-endangered-to-least-concern-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/green-sea-turtles-shift-from-endangered-to-least-concern-2","title":{"rendered":"Green Sea Turtles Shift from Endangered to Least Concern"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Sierra-Leone. <\/strong><\/span>Green Sea Turtles have officially been reclassified from \u201cEndangered\u201d to \u201cLeast Concern\u201d on the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species.<\/p>\n<p>After decades of global conservation efforts, these turtles are making a comeback, although many regional populations still need protection.<\/p>\n<p>Talitha Noble-Trull, Conservation Manager at the Turtle Conservation Centre, says, \u201cIt\u2019s a real excitement and success that just shows how global efforts have been working for the Green Turtle.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s important for us to continue conservation efforts.<\/p>\n<p>It doesn\u2019t mean that just because the efforts are working that we\u2019re able to take a step off the gas,\u201d she adds.<\/p>\n<p>Sea turtles are threatened by a combination of human activities like fishing bycatch and poaching, plastic pollution and chemical runoff, habitat loss due to coastal development, and climate change, which affects nesting beaches and sex ratios. Other threats include vessel strikes, a loss of food sources, and human interference on beaches.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSea turtlesare conservation dependent, which means that if we were to stop these conservation efforts now that their status is improved, they would go back to being endangered,\u201d warns Noble-Trull.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Sierra-Leone<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Sierra-Leone. Green Sea Turtles have officially been reclassified from \u201cEndangered\u201d to \u201cLeast Concern\u201d on the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species. After decades of global conservation efforts, these turtles are making a comeback, although many regional populations still need protection. 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