The coastline is endowed with unique habitats, diverse marine wildlife and rich fisheries including resident and migratory species making it an important global biodiversity site that also provides an important source of livelihoods and food security to the local communities. Five species pf sea turtles (all – classified as endangered or critically endangered) occurs within Kiunga waters with three species known to nest on beaches along this Kiunga coast; Green (Chelonia mydas), Hawksbill (Eretmochelys imbricate) and Olive Ridley (Liposcelis olivacea) turtles while Loggerhead (Caretta caretta) and leatherback (Dermochelys coriacea) turtle forage and migrate through the area. Kiunga also host exceptional concentrations of water birds, cetaceans and elasmobranchs as well as very small population of Dugongs (Dugong Dugon,) one of the last remaining populations in east Africa.