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Tomas started as a teenager, rescuing african spurred tortoises — the second—biggest species in the world. since then, his work in northern senegal has saved the last remaining colony of adanson�*s terrapin from collapse. and these days, he's working on a new encyclopaedia and planning the continent's biggest turtle research facility on a plot near his home. it's a big project. we are going to take several years and a lot of fundraising, a lot of work in order to have a facility who will be like a base camp for everyone who wants to get involved in conservation, turtle conservation, in a...

In northern senegal has saved the last remaining colony of adanson�*s terrapin from collapse. and these days, he's working on a new encyclopaedia and planning the continent's biggest turtle research facility on a plot near his home. it's a big project. we are going to take several years and a lot of fundraising, a lot of work in order to have a facility who will be like a base camp for everyone who wants to get involved in conservation, turtle conservation, in africa. what would you like your legacy to be? my legacy will be africa and africans who value nature, who want to protect nature. un...

Your legacy to be? my legacy will be africa and africans who value nature, who want to protect nature, understanding nature is part of our identity. and as an african, this is the place where, like, as david attenborough was saying, this is the kingdom of wilderness. all the kind of amazing animals, like turtle and tortoise, who emerged from africa 260 million years ago, they need to remain in africa, africa needs to be their paradise. 0n the outskirts of dakar, in the back yard of his dad's old farm, tomas has built this village of the tortoises. it's popular with tourists and school groups b...

Rescuing african spurred tortoises — the second—biggest species in the world. since then, his work in northern senegal has saved the last remaining colony of adanson�*s terrapin from collapse. and these days, he's working on a new encyclopaedia and planning the continent's biggest turtle research facility on a plot near his home. it's a big project. we are going to take several years and a lot of fundraising, a lot of work in order to have a facility who will be like a base camp for everyone who wants to get involved in conservation, turtle conservation, in africa. what would you like yo...

Rescuing african spurred tortoises — the second—biggest species in the world. since then, his work in northern senegal has saved the last remaining colony of adanson�*s terrapin from collapse. and these days, he's working on a new encyclopaedia and planning the continent's biggest turtle research facility on a plot near his home. it's a big project. we are going to take several years and a lot of fundraising, a lot of work in order to have a facility who will be like a base camp for everyone who wants to get involved in conservation, turtle conservation, in africa. what would you like yo...