Thailand's marine ecosystem is restored The number of sea turtles laying eggs is the highest in 20 years

Thailand's tourism industry has been depressed by the COVID-19 pandemic, but it has allowed the natural environment, especially in the Andaman sea, to re-emerge as a habitat for some rare marine animals. The Department of Marine Resources of Thailand's Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment recently found that rare marine animal leatherback turtles have repeatedly spawned on the beaches of Phuket and Phang Nga Province, and the number of eggs has reached the highest number in 20 years.

According to Thai media reports, no sea turtles have come ashore to lay eggs on Phang Nga Bay's Bang Kwan Beach for decades, but this year turtles have laid 9 nests of eggs here, and with the number of eggs laid last year, 18 nests of turtle eggs have been found here in less than a year, becoming the good news that local marine animal protectors have been looking forward to for many years.

Thailand's Minister of Natural Resources and Environment, Volavu, said that for many years, it was very rare to find leatherback turtles laying eggs on the beach, and in the past year, this has become the norm. Suo Peng, director of the Department of Marine Resources, said that the most surprising thing is that the beach at the end of the airslide connected to the sea has turtles laying eggs, indicating that the ecological environment has been greatly restored during the epidemic.

Although the once noisy beaches have become very deserted, this has created the conditions for the return of marine animals. Many marine animal lovers wait by the nest where the leatherback turtle lays eggs, excitedly watching the baby leatherback turtle emerge from the sand and crawl into the sea in droves. (Reporter Li Min)

(Edited by Zheng Junzhi)