Environment ministry condemns turtle poaching incidents |11 November 2026

Indira Gamatis, director for biodiversity conservation (Photo: Sunny Esparon)

Environment ministry condemns turtle poaching incidents

By Sunny Esparon

The Ministry of Environment, Climate, Energy and Natural Resources strongly condemns any form of tortoise poaching and will be cracking down hard on any perpetrators of this increasingly alarming crime.

This was announced during a press conference yesterday morning by the director for biodiversity conservation Indira Gamatis at the department of Environment’s headquarters, Botanical Garden, Mont Fleuri.

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