Projet

USFWS-MT1472

PROJET

Nom du projet/programme

Conserving Gabon's leatherbacks: New challenges and opportunities, 2014-2015

Objectif général

This project will coordinate and support activities of the Gabon Sea Turtle Partnership, including coordinating nesting beach and aerial surveys to assess leatherback nesting trends; protect nests and nesting females on major nesting beaches within Gabon's National Parks Agency (ANPN) Protected Areas; continue to assess and implement log removal programs on nesting beaches; expand fisheries bycatch measures and turtle excluder device (TED) requirements on fishing trawls; develop on-board observer programs for longline vessels; initiate a Corisco Bay fisheries bycatch assessment of artisanal fishers; and conduct education and awareness programs locally and nationally.

Financement

104 130 €

Bailleurs

USFWS (United States Fish and Wildlife Service)

Leaders

WCS (Wildlife Conservation Society)