B (Q.2 of 6) The letter can be used once only

One major problem is that every year millions of sea turtle eggs are illegally taken by poachers for sale on the black market. The situation is particularly serious in Nicaragua, in Central America, which is home to four sea turtle species.

Kim Williams-Guillen, who works for conservation body Paso Pacifico, described the poaching of sea turtle nests on the beaches of Nicaragua as ‘uncontrolled, unregulated, extensive and contested’. Even the best-protected beaches are plundered to some extent and it’s not uncommon to see poachers digging up nests just meters from tourists watching sea turtles laying their clutch at night, she said. This poaching becomes particularly frenzied during the arribadas – mass laying events where thousands of turtles nest on the same beach for a single night in a biological strategy to overwhelm natural predators.

List of Headings

i Developing an item that appears true to life

ii Extending the project to other endangered species

iii A short but intensive investigation with longer-term follow-up

iv Problems facing sea turtles at a global level (A)

v Collection of eggs and their possible onward routes

vi Intensive and large-scale poaching in one location

vii Why catching the poachers may not solve the problem