Sumalata Waters Reserve
The islands of Pepaya, Mas and Raja islands are located in the Sumalata Waters in North Gorontalo have been named a nature reserve since the Dutch colonial time in 1936. There are only 7 turtles species in the wold and 4 of them are found in the islands as the world's best turtle habitat, they are Penyu Hijau (Chelonia midas), Penyu Sisik (Eretmochelys imbricata), Penyu Tempayan (Caretta caretta) and Penyu Belimbing (Dermochelys coriacea). In 2011, the habitat threatened by human activities such as illegal poaching besides fish bombing activities, furthermore a lot of coral reefs where the food for the turtles come from have been damaged.
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