Turtle Conservation

A turtle is moving slowly from the sea to the nesting ground, where she will lay her eggs.

Turtle is one of endangered species that we want to highlight in this post. We must start the effort to educate the young generation to aware on turtle conservation. With the help from Eorld Wide Fund for nature (WWF) and the Ma'Daerah Heritage Community Association (Mekar) , the teachers in Terengganu will taught Turtle Conservation as part of the language subject. This subject will be taught in Bahasa Malaysia and 20 primary school has been chosen to be the kick start for this project.

The public are aware the importance to conserve turtle, for our future to come.

Mekar, formed in 2004, is a local community group which is seeking to raise awareness on turtle conservation. This project has been endorsed by the state education department will involve 20 schools in Dungun and Kemaman.

Supervisor of this programme said that this project was an easy way to get the conservation message across.

WWF Terengganu turtle programme community liaison officer River Foo said their main aim was to get pupils interested in protecting turtles.