The graph below gives information on the population of turtles in India from 1980 to 2012 Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant

The line graph elucidates the proportion of 3 different species of turtles in India from 1980 to 2012. The unit is measured in index. It can be clearly seen from the graph that, the Olive Ridley Turtles was the highest within the projected periods and the figure for Leatherback Turtles gradually plummeted across the periods, which is the least number of population showed amongst turtles.

At the beginning of the period, the number different in turtle population represented the same index (100). After that, the number of Olive Ridley Turtle progressively rose up and reached above 130 in the year 1997. Thereafter, it showed fluctuations within the index frame between 130 and 120 and then it reached at 130 by 2012.

All species and Green turtles showed the similar trend until 1984 (110). The population for Green turtle showed a downward trend till reach at 90 by at the end of the year while all species depicted oscillation and hit figure almost 100. Leatherback turtles presented a sharp increase till 1987 (110) and thereafter showed a dramatic decline throughout given years and reached its number to below 60 in the year 2012.
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