Habitat destruction
The sea turtles are at risk of losing their habitat, especially the nesting and feeding grounds.
Turtles nest on the beach. However, due to human activities on the beaches, the environment becomes unsuitable for nesting. They feed on the seagrass at the bottom of the sea, but the sea beds are also ruined due to pollution and other fishing tools that trawls on the seagrass.
Overfishing is one of the many factors causing a decline in the number of coral reefs and seagrass.
Damaged seagrass beds
Very susceptible to threats caused by humans, the seagrass beds are slowly disappearing. If this continues, the population of the seagrass will never be maintained which affects the marine ecosystem because many marine animals depend on the seagrass for nesting and for food.