在馬來西亞半島浮潛不難遇到瀕危的綠海龜在沿岸覓食棲息，而東岸沙灘也是綠海龜上岸產卵的熱點。
與綠海龜浮潛 snorkelling with a green turtle
在部分未受保護的海灘仍被人挖走海龜蛋作食用，而一些保育單位購回龜蛋孵化成龜，放歸大海。
在孵化場出生的綠海龜會即日放生，回歸大海
Baby green turtles will release strict after hatching from Rimbun Dahan Turtle Hatchery
至於香港水域則有4種海龜記錄，可惜的是，距離最近一次海龜在香港產卵的記錄已是5年前一隻綠海龜於南丫島深灣，該處更是他們香港的唯一已知的繁殖地。加上人類活動干擾和污染，在香港岸上更多的是滿肚海洋垃圾的海龜屍體。
In Malaysia, we can still see endangered green turtles feeding on seagrass in coastal water easily during snorkelling. The East Coast of Peninsular Malaysia also is a hotspot for them to lay eggs. Despite some poaching of turtle eggs occur in unprotected beaches, some conservation groups that buy the eggs back and release hatchlings to the wild. As Malay don't want to see green turtle experiencing the same fate of Leatherback, they work had on turtle conservation.
For Hong Kong, we recorded 4 species of sea turtle in our water. Unfortunately, the latest record of sea turtle giving birth was a green turtle laying eggs on Sham Wan, Lamma Island in 2012. Yet, human disturbance and water pollution cause them no longer visit HK.
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