BANGKOK: The endangered leatherback turtle population is effectively extinct in Malaysia and this has deprived the country of one of its most charismatic tourist lures, says a United Nations Environment Programme report.
It said Malaysia offered one of the most dramatic, best-documented examples of decline in a nesting population of marine turtles.
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