These sea turtles in India have rebounded after years of patchwork efforts

By Diaa Hadid

Published November 18, 2025 at 4:02 PM CST

Olive ridley turtle populations appear to have rebounded in India after years of patchwork efforts to stem their decline. Can it last?

Diaa Hadid

Diaa Hadid chiefly covers Pakistan and Afghanistan for NPR News. She is based in NPR's bureau in Islamabad. There, Hadid and her team were awarded a Murrow in 2019 for hard news for their story on why abortion rates in Pakistan are among the highest in the world.

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