Palm‑sized hatchlings, big win: Malaysia’s green turtles defy global wildlife decline

Green turtles have made the rare jump from endangered to “least concern” in global conservation rankings, a remarkable success when many species are declining.

Conservation NGO World Wildlife Fund (WWF), in its biannual Living Planet Report released Thursday, found a 73-per cent decline in the average size of monitored wildlife populations over 53 years.

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