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New Olive Ridley Nesting Site
December 28 , 2018
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- Recently, the Odisha forest department added another olive ridley mass nesting site Bahuda Rookery at beach on Bahuda river mouth in Ganjam district.
- It is located around 20 km to south of Rushikulya rookery coast.
- Gahirmatha marine sanctuary and Rushikulya rookery coast in Ganjam district are the main Olive Ridley Nesting sites in Odisha.
- Of these sites, Gahirmatha marine sanctuary is the largest rookery (mass nesting site) of Olive Ridley turtles.
- Odisha is home to 50% of the total world’s population of Olive Ridley and about 90% of Indian population of sea turtles.
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