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Lagos Free Zone Company, NCF Partner On Sea Turtle Conservation

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December 26, (THEWILL) – To caution against the impact of anthropogenic activities on the environment, Nigerian Conservation Foundation (NCF) and Lagos Free Zone Company(LFZC), have partnered on sea turtle conservation.

The partnership is aimed at educating and raising awareness both within and beyond the surrounding communities.

This was disclosed in a statement by the Communications Manager of NCF, Oladapo Soneye, which noted that the partnership promises to protect and conserve sea turtles around its operational area of over 800 hectares with nine designated industrial zones, in Lagos State.

Soneye said, “LFZC is a free trade zone developer and management company responsible for the Lagos Free Zone.”

According to him, this is part of LFZC’s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in Lagos State. To implement this project, LFZC is collaborating with the NCF, the foremost conservation organization in Nigeria, with over forty years of conservation experience and a national footprint in ecosystem conservation.

Lagos Free Zone Company is located at Ibeju Lekki in Lagos state. Parts of its environs, particularly the shoreline adjoining the sea, have been identified as important sites for sea turtles, most of which are endangered.

Sea turtles are threatened due to being susceptible to by-catch by fishermen. They also nest on the seashore, which makes their eggs vulnerable as they are often harvested by locals and consumed as food. This accumulated vulnerability is part of the reasons for its global decline, thus the need to conserve them.

This collaboration is part of the NCF’s Strategic Action Pillar 2021-2025, Pillar 2 – Saving Species in Peril. The objectives of this pillar include: To protect and recover indigenously imperilled and other significant species in all ecosystem types and critical habitats of Nigeria; To expand options for rural outreach strategies, livelihood schemes and grassroots coordination in support of in-situ wildlife conservation across support zone communities of critical habitats;

Others include to provide information consistent with facts, trends and predictors of wildlife dynamics as guidelines for policies, recovery plans, decision-making and other sustainable investments in biodiversity management; and To foster interagency collaborations and partnerships for the commemoration of relevant conservation anniversaries, administration of legal instruments, environmental legislation and conservation education.

Other species included in NCF’s focal rescue are pangolins, African forest elephants, Nigerian-Cameroon chimpanzees, vultures, and Cross River gorillas among others.

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