SEA TUNTONG DATA

The environmental enthusiast of the Onecita Lestari Indonesia Foundation weighs a Marine Tuntong (Batagur borneoensis) a catch for data record and is released back, at the Tuntong’s Bait Patrol at the Boat’s Pusung Beach, Seruway, Aceh Tamiang, Aceh, Wednesday (2/8). Tuntong sea is one of the 331 species of freshwater turtles and land in the world that is currently in the status of "critically endangered" (IUCN) and is listed in Appendiks II "plus zero for wild specimen to trade" in the CITES convention. Since 2013 Yayasan Onecita Lestari Indonesia is supported by local BKSDA and PT Pertamina EP Asset 1 Beachu Field makes efforts to preserve marine Tuntong. ANTARA PHOTO/Ismar Patrizki/pd/17.