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Underwater view of turtle at water's surface.
Vietnamese pond turtle.
© Conservation International/photo by A.W. Tordoff
Strengthening Conservation of the Most Critically Endangered Turtles in Vietnam
Grantee Name: 
Centre for Natural Resources and Environmental Studies
HOTSPOT
Indo-Burma
LOCATION
AMOUNT
US$19,164
DATES
Sep 2014
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Mar 2016
Stats
Project Overview Overview
CEPF Strategic Direction Strategy
HOTSPOT
Indo-Burma
LOCATION
AMOUNT
US$19,164
DATES
Sep 2014
-
Mar 2016

Inform conservation efforts for Vietnam's wild populations of Zhou's box turtle (Cuora zhoui) and the Vietnamese pond turtle (Mauremys annamensis) by analyzing environmental DNA from northern and central Vietnam to confirm the locations of wild populations of these species.

Strategic Direction: 1 Safeguard priority globally threatened species by mitigating major threats