Zanzibar’s Battle to Save Endangered Turtles Intensifies as Global Study Exposes Deadly Microplastic Threat By Kizito Makoye Copyright © 2025 IPS-Inter Press Service.

https://www.ipsnews.net/2025/11/zanzibars-battle-to-save-endangered-turtles-intensifies-as-global-study-exposes-deadly-microplastic-threat/?utm_source=email_marketing&utm_admin=146128&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=ICC_Judges_Officials_Under_US_Sanctions_Live_Under_Rigid_Isolation_Unpacking_COPs_Politically_Charge ZANZIBAR, Tanzania, Nov 25 2025 (IPS) - On a warm morning at Matemwe, a small crowd gathers behind a rope barrier as the sand begins to tremble. A tiny head pushes through a soft mound of earth, then another, and another. Within minutes, the shallow nest—protected for weeks by a ring of wooden stakes and mesh—comes alive with the rustle of dozens of hatchlings. Volunteers crouch nearby, recording the emergence time and shading the small creatures with their hands to protect them from swooping gulls. Copyright © 2025 IPS-Inter Press Service.