Learning about ex situ conservation for tortoises and turtles from ASAP Partners in Vietnam and Cambodia

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Project aims

It is likely that one or both of the target ASAP Species will require some form of ex situ conservation in Sulawesi. However, establishing ex situ programmes is challenging; these are expensive to resource and maintain, and therefore the need must be clearly identified. There are important lessons to be learnt from other ex situ programmes in the ASAP region.

Results

  • Staff from PROGRES visited the ex situ operations of Angkor Centre for Biodiversity Conservation (Cambodia) and Turtle Conservation Centre (Vietnam).

  • Discussions were held on the challenges of operating and resourcing an ex situ programme or centre focused on tortoise and turtle conservation.

  • The trip enabled collaborations to be built between the three organisations.

  • A provisional strategy for conservation breeding of the two target ASAP Species has been drafted by PROGRES, who will continue to liaise with Angkor Centre for Conservation of Biodiversity and the Turtle Conservation Center as this plan develops.

Reports

 

AT A GLANCE

 

Organisation: PROGRES

Collaborating Partners: Angkor Centre for Conservation of Biodiversity; Turtle Conservation Center, Asian Turtle Programme, Indonesian Herpetofauna Foundation

Country: Indonesia

Year project started: 2024

Species: Forsten's Tortoise, Sulawesi Forest Turtle

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