The term “Conservationist” is not a legally protected title like “lawyer” or “doctor” is, and that is a good thing. It allows for people like Hans Saleo to be recognized for the important work he is doing to protect the manta rays, even without the formal credentials.
Every year we're seeing more and more turtle stranding partially because of an increase in awareness but also because there are more extreme weather events, there are more storms there are more extreme temperature changes and strong winds probably a consequence of changing weather systems, more extreme weather systems that are indicative of climate change and all of those things for us lead to increase strandings.
