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Turtle survey, Vietnam.
© Conservation International/photo by Jack Tordoff

Research and Conservation Action for Tortoises and Freshwater Turtles in Indo-Burma

Grantee Name: Cleveland Zoological Society

Hotspot
Indo-Burma
Location
Cambodia, Viet Nam
Amount
$154,948
Dates
Sep 2009 – Mar 2013
Keywords
Awareness, Community-based conservation, Habitat conservation and management, Research, Species Conservation

Materially improve the conservation outlook for several of Indo-Burma's most threatened tortoise and freshwater turtle species by undertaking high-priority conservation actions, including protecting the remaining habitat of Vietnamese pond turtle; identifying priority sites for the conservation of Indochinese box turtle; increasing the protection of mangrove terrapin breeding sites through community ranger programs; and enhancing protection under national laws.

Strategic Direction :

1 Safeguard priority globally threatened species in Indochina by mitigating major threats

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