Jakarta – The green turtle (Chelonian) found on the southern coast of Sukabumi regency in West Java province is acing extinction due to the poaching of its eggs, chairman of he Green Foundation, Cevy Th Mulyana, said on Thursday.

"The green turtle will become extremely rare or even vanish in the next 10 years to 15 years due to the uncontrolled poaching of its eggs," Cevy said as quoted by Antara.

He said the Sukabumi administration was supposed to enforce a ban on egg poaching. A regulation on nature preservation, covering rare animal species, must be issued soon, he added. Turtle eggs are sold at about 3,000 rupiah each