National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency (NESREA) don honour Baale of Okun Igando for Ibeju-Lekki, Lagos State, Chief Semiu Waliu Jejelaiye, and Green Fingers Wildlife International, because dem rescue one leatherback sea turtle and return am safely go where e dey live naturally.
NESREA Director-General, Professor Innocent Barikor, na im present di awards on Wednesday. E praise dem for di effort wey dem make to protect di turtle after fishermen catch am.
Dem talk say Jejelaiye stop people for di community from killing di animal while dem dey wait for di wildlife conservation group to arrive. Di group come help make sure say dem handle di turtle carefully and return am safely to im natural habitat.
Barikor describe wetin dem do as “environmental heroism”. E talk say NESREA go use di community to create more awareness about animals wey dey face danger of extinction.
For letter wey e write to praise Jejelaiye, Barikor commend am for bringing people for di community together, stopping dem from exploiting di turtle and informing di right environmental authorities.
Di agency also praise Green Fingers Wildlife International for responding quickly, using dia professional knowledge and supporting efforts to protect wildlife.
Barikor talk say: “For NESREA, our work include protecting different kinds of living things, taking care of di ecosystem and making sure say no animal go disappear completely from di world.”
Leatherback turtle na di biggest sea turtle wey still dey alive for di world. Di International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) list am as animal wey dey face risk, meaning say e fit become endangered if people no protect am well.
Nigeria law also protect dis turtle under rules wey cover animals wey dey face danger of extinction. E also dey under Appendix I of di Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, wey restrict international trade in certain endangered animals and plants.
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