village, Paloh district, release thousands of three-month-old turtles on the beach.Tanjung Kemuning Beach is crowded with dozens of turtles from June to October.
The turtles arrive to lay their eggs, but before they hatch, their eggs are the targets of man — their primary predator.
This uninhabited beach is part of the illegal turtle egg trade, which involves both local markets and those of neighboring countries.
Located in Paloh in Sambas regency, West Kalimantan, Tanjung Kemuning borders the South China Sea to the north and Kampong Telok Melano at the western tip of Sarawak, Malaysia, to the west.
The gorgeous beach, with its 63-kilometer-long sloping shore of white sand, is a source of food and a good habitat for mother turtles, especially green, leatherback and hawksbills.
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