Award winning conservationist Tomas Diagne "...has been referred to as the "backbone" to save the
spurred tortoise in
Senegal. He is a member of IUCN’s Species Survival Commission (SSC). He has worked with the
World Wildlife Fund and Nature Tropicale to protect endangered wildlife in Africa. Recently, he has participated in saving the
African manatees along the Senegal River. At ESI, Tomas develops and directs
conservation projects for the Sahel and upper Guinea regions of West Africa...",
EndangeredSpecies.