Puerto Rico Turtle Defender Wins Goldman Prize
Luis Jorge Rivera Herrera helped lead a successful campaign to establish a nature reserve in Puerto Rico’s Northeast Ecological Corridor—an important nesting ground for the endangered leatherback sea turtle—and protect the island’s natural heritage from harmful development. Click the link to read more about his accomplishment.
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Did You Know…
Dermochelys coriacea (Leatherback sea turtle) are the largest and fastest growing turtle species. From hatching to adulthood they undergo a greater than 10,00 fold increase in mass.
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Photo from Goldman Environmental Prize.
