Gabon’s eco-rangers battle to help threatened baby sea turtles survive

Scurrying 10 metres across the sand towards the ocean, it’s a frantic battle for survival for newly hatched sea turtles on Gabon’s coastline.

And even there they are not safe. In addition to predators such as crabs and birds, nests are threatened by coastal erosion and human activities like plastic pollution.

Gabon is the world’s leading nesting site for the leatherback turtle – the largest of the species – and listed as threatened…