when it comes to its culture and traditions, and the heritage, the culture of the heritage that we have, is typically moroccan, and those artisans that we re talking about are typically moroccan as well. as for the future, it s hoped that the craft with its new protected status will survive, thrive, and proudly proclaim made in morocco . finally this week, we re off to west africa on the trail of one nature lover who s celebrating 30 years of protecting some of the region s most vulnerable wildlife. some call him the father of the turtles and his work may have already rescued one species of terrapin one species
of terrapin from extinction. we sent emeline nsingi nkosi to meet him close to his home in senegal. about three hours journey south, away from the traffic and chaos of senegal s capital, the dust and aridity begins to give way to greenery. mangroves and, crucially, seagrass start appearing here along the coastline and the wildlife becomes more abundant and precious for all number of reasons. turtles, tortoises and terrapins have been a big part of west african traditions and symbolisms, and in some tribes, they are revered as being a good luck charm, a good omen which is why it s so surprising that it s so surprising that their numbers have been going down so much. all five species of sea turtles that nest on these beaches are endangered, thanks to fishing activities and pollution, but this man s made it his mission to save them. i m going to put a tag and after
that s quite an impressive sight i ve never seen it and i m sure all of these people haven t either. everyone literallyjust ran down to the beach and see this release. tomas started as a teenager, rescuing african spurred tortoises the second biggest species in the world. since then, his work in northern senegal has saved the last remaining colony of adanson s terrapin from collapse. and these days, he s working on a new encyclopaedia and planning the continent s biggest turtle research facility on a plot near his home. it s a big project. we are going to take several years and a lot of fundraising, a lot of work in order to have a facility who will be like a base camp for everyone who wants to get involved in conservation, turtle conservation, in africa. what would you like
absolutely sensational! who knew? by re imagining old ingredients, umut has created something both fresh and, at the same time, classic? finally this week, we re off to west africa on the trail of one nature lover who s celebrating 30 years of protecting some of the region s most vulnerable wildlife. some call him the father of the turtles and his work may have already rescued one species of terrapin from extinction. we sent emeline nsingi nkosi to meet him close to his home in senegal. about three hours journey south, away from the traffic and chaos of senegal s capital, the dust and aridity begins to give way to greenery. mangroves and, crucially,
great to meet you. oh, wow! and the result? absolutely sensational! who knew? by re imagining old ingredients, umut has created something both fresh and, at the same time, classic. finally this week, we re off to west africa on the trail of one nature lover who s celebrating 30 years of protecting some of the region s most vulnerable wildlife. some call him the father of the turtles and his work may have already rescued one species of terrapin from extinction. we sent emeline nsingi nkosi to meet him close to his home in senegal. about three hours journey south, away from the traffic and chaos of senegal s capital, the dust and aridity begins