Study and conservation of nesting loggerhead Caretta caretta and green Chelonia mydas sea turtles in Mauritania (West Africa).

The recipient will implement community based nesting surveys and assessments to determine number of nests and degree of threats from poaching and jackals at two sites in the south of Nouabchott where nesting is greatest and provide this information to the Ministry of Environment to assist with its development of a National Conservation Action Plan for Mauritania.