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Sam Weru reports on a new initiative by the Marine Programme of WWF in Kenya to conserve East Africa’s green turtles, aided by satellite tracking.
Referred to as the Kenya Integrated Turtle Conservation Programme (KIST-Con), WWF will up-scale its marine turtle conservation initiatives in the Kiunga Marine National Reserve (KMNR) project, which works to protect sea turtles at sea and on nesting beaches.
This will involve the installation of at least five satellite transmitters (Sirtrack Kiwisat 101 PTT) on sea turtles, which will accurately record global positioning among other inferred data.
KIST-Con is a partnership between WWF, USAID, the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) and KESCOM. The steering committee will include these organizations as well as the Fisheries Ministry, with WWF as the coordinator and facilitator.
The project is set to kick of on June 20th with the first turtle tag set for release of June 22nd.
For more information, please contact:
Sam Weru
National Coordinator - Kenya
WWF Eastern African Marine Ecoregion Programme (EAME)
Email: SWeru@wwfearpo.org
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