{"id":86686,"date":"2019-03-25T17:06:38","date_gmt":"2019-03-25T11:36:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/factly.forumias.com\/?p=2942"},"modified":"2019-03-25T17:06:38","modified_gmt":"2019-03-25T11:36:38","slug":"odishas-rushikulya-rookery-awaits-olive-ridleys-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/odishas-rushikulya-rookery-awaits-olive-ridleys-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Odisha\u2019s Rushikulya rookery awaits Olive Ridleys"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Olive Ridley turtles have not yet arrived for\nmass nesting at Rushikulya rookery and Devi river mouth in Odisha. A rookery is\na communal nesting ground of animals.<\/li><li>The Olive Ridley turtles are the smallest and\nmost abundant of all sea turtles in the world. They inhabit in the warm waters\nof the Pacific, Atlantic and Indian oceans. It is listed as Vulnerable in the\nIUCN Red List.<\/li><li>The Olive Ridley turtles are best known for\ntheir unique mass nesting called Arribada. During Arribada, a large number of\nfemale turtles come together on the same beach to lay eggs. Such mass nesting\nphenomenon is also observed among Kemps Ridley turtle.<\/li><li>An important breeding area for olive Ridleys in\nthe Indian Ocean along the Bay of Bengal is Odisha. There are three major mass\nnesting areas: a) Gahirmatha rookery close to the mouth of Brahmani-Baitarani Rivers,\nb) Devi river mouth and c) Rushikulya river mouth.<\/li><li>The major threats to Olive Ridley turtles are:\na) poor fishing practices, b) development and exploitation of nesting beaches\nfor ports, and tourist centres, c) poaching for their meat, shell and leather.<\/li><li>Olive Ridley turtles are legally protected in\nIndia under Schedule I of the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972. <\/li><li>It is also listed in Appendix I of the CITES\nConvention. CITES (the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species\nof Wild Fauna and Flora) is an international agreement between governments. It aims\nto ensure that international trade in specimens of wild animals and plants is not\ndetrimental to the survival of wild populations. Appendix I of CITES prohibits\ninternational trade in specimens of endangered species except when the purpose\nof the import is not commercial (e.g. Scientific research).<\/li><li>The Indian Coast Guard undertakes \u201cOperation\nOlivia\u201d every year. It is an Olive Ridley Turtle protection program.<\/li><\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Olive Ridley turtles have not yet arrived for mass nesting at Rushikulya rookery and Devi river mouth in Odisha. A rookery is a communal nesting ground of animals. The Olive Ridley turtles are the smallest and most abundant of all sea turtles in the world. They inhabit in the warm waters of the Pacific, Atlantic&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/odishas-rushikulya-rookery-awaits-olive-ridleys-2\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Odisha\u2019s Rushikulya rookery awaits Olive Ridleys<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4182],"tags":[4267],"class_list":["post-86686","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-environment","tag-olive-ridley-turtles","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704876003},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86686","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=86686"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86686\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86686"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86686"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86686"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}