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