The Whitely Fund for Nature
Answers – Text c

1. Çaǧan Şekercioǧlu works in different parts of Turkey.
2. A local wetland area near where he had played as a child was destroyed.
3. In 2008, his aim was to protect the natural environment around Lake Kuyucuk, including 40,000 birds of 227 species. In 2013, he persuaded the Turkish government to create Turkey’s first wildlife corridor, the largest conservation project in the country. Four and a half million trees will be planted, which will also allow large animals like the wolf, brown bear, and lynx to move freely and safely.
4. Yes, he does. His work has included education programmes for schools.
5. He hopes to stop the construction of a dam that could destroy an important wetland.