Biologist fighting plastic pollution to save sea turtles wins ‘Green Oscar’

Mongabay
May 11, 2022, 8:01 am149 pts
Conservation biologist Estrela Matilde has won the 2022 Whitley Award for her work to save sea turtles on the island of Príncipe in Africa’s Gulf of Guinea. The awards, often referred to as the “Green Oscars,” are given annually by U.K.-based wildlife conservation charity Whitley Fund for Nature,…

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