The good news for conservationists is that the Malaysian government wants to buy the island and turn it into a sanctuary for the hawksbill turtle, whose numbers have fallen by 80 percent in the last 100 years, according to the World Conservation Union.

• 对保育人士而言，好消息是马来西亚政府想买下这个小岛，让它成为玳瑁的乐土；据世界保育联盟统计，玳瑁的数量在过去一百年减少了百分之八十。