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Published online 27 February 2008 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news.2008.628
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Rainforest logging threatens sea turtles
Displaced logs on beaches are preventing endangered turtles from nesting.
Logging operations in equatorial rainforests have an overlooked side-effect on marine life. Scientists have found that logs lost during river transport are clogging beaches in Gabon, preventing the endangered sea turtles there from nesting.
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