Sea turtles: African civil society is mobilizing
The Congolese coastline is a large nesting area for sea turtles (illustrative image).
Getty Images / Mint Images - Frans Lanting
By: Anne-Cécile Bras Follow
1 min
Sea turtles have survived five major crises of biodiversity loss.
Today, only one species threatens them: ours!
Their eggs, meat, shell and scales are the subject of juicy trafficking.
On the African continent, along the Atlantic coast, citizens are mobilizing, networks are being organized to stop their disappearance and the results are there!
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Guests:
-
Alexandre Girard,
president of
RASTOMA
, the Network of Actors for the Protection of Marine Turtles in Central Africa
- Isidore Ayissi
, vice-president of RASTOMA and president of the Cameroonian association of marine biology
- Charlotte Nithart
from the Robin des Bois association.
Report on the work of
the Renatura association
in Congo-Brazzaville by Igor Srauss.
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