Seashore at Mahabalipuram, Tamilnadu, India (© Neeraj Khera)

Oceans are home to 80% of the World’s biodiversity; about half of the earth’s population lives in coastal regions; the oceans produce over 50% of the oxygen in the atmosphere; and yet less than 1% of the World’s oceans are protected.!!!

Odisha is the largest breeding place of Olive Ridley turtles (© K Sivakumar)

Olive Ridley Sea Turtles (Lepidochelys Olivacae) are the most abundant sea turtle in the world,with a remarkable nesting strategy.Hundreds to thousands of females converge in coastal waters then come ashore simultaneously in a spectacular massnesting event known as an arribada (Spanish meaning “arrival by sea”). Lepidochelys, which includes the Olive Ridley and Kemp’s Ridley, is the only genus of sea turtles to lay their eggs in arribadas.

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