
Around the same time, WWF South Africa also became involved in the flagship programme to conserve the loggerhead and leatherback nesting beaches of Kwa Zulu Natal, a programme which has now run for over 30 years and yielded invaluable information on population dynamics and turtle's lifecycles and migrations.
The need for a comprehensive programme
Other activities to date have been mainly field based and include activities in Madagascar, Mozambique, Tanzania, Kenya, and Gabon. Experience has been gained in a wide range of transferable approaches including partnerships with local communities, the private sector, and higher education institutions.