{"id":516,"date":"2015-03-01T00:05:09","date_gmt":"2015-03-01T00:05:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/africanchelonian.org\/?page_id=516"},"modified":"2025-10-15T21:21:14","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T21:21:14","slug":"mission","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/africanchelonian.org\/fr\/mission\/","title":{"rendered":"Notre Mission"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>La mission the l\u2019Institut Africain pour l\u2019Etude et la protection des Tortues est de promouvoir la conservation des populations de tortues terrestres, aquatiques et marines en Afrique \u00e0 travers la recherche, la sensibilisation et la collaboration avec les communaut\u00e9s locales \u00e0 la base.<\/p>\n<h3>Why Protect Turtles and Tortoises in Africa?<\/h3>\n<p>Les tortues sont le deuxi\u00e8me groupe de vert\u00e9br\u00e9s les plus menac\u00e9es de la plan\u00e8te (juste apr\u00e8s les Primates) et l\u2019Afrique est le continent qui les a vu naitre il y a 260 millions d\u2019ann\u00e9es malheureusement c\u2019est dans cette r\u00e9gion que nous constatons le manque d\u2019initiatives \/actions pour les conserver. 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