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World Service,03 Mar 1994,13 mins

Tourism and the Environment

Global Concerns

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A report on a scheme to buy green, loggerhead and hawksbill turtle eggs from local fishermen in Sri Lanka which are then put in hatcheries and guarded from animal and human preditors until the baby turtles are released into the sea. Also on the programme how tourism is threatening scenery and wildlife on Mauritius due to speed of development. Presented by Su Ingle

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