Range-country Programs
Turtle Survival Alliance (TSA) programmes held at Nature Discovery Centre
Read the full article from The Sentinel HERE! BISWANATH CHARIALI: Turtle Survival Alliance (TSA) India team conducted two teachers’ training workshops at Nature Discovery Centre, Biswanath Ghat and Halem Chariali LP School recently. The workshops were aimed at increasing awareness on threats and conservation of freshwater turtles and tortoises among school teachers and ways to…
Read MoreAgencies working towards making Haiderpur wetland in west Uttar Pradesh a Ramsar site
By Deepanwita Gita Niyogi, writing in, Down To Earth “An important wetland such as this which falls in the Ganga basin should be protected at all costs so that biodiversity can be conserved,” Shailendra Singh of non-profit Turtle Survival Alliance (TSA)-India, said. TSA is conducting a survey of river turtles in Haidepur to assess their…
Read MoreTurning the Tide: The Northern River Terrapin and the Race Against Extinction
From Roundglass Sustain: By Radhika Raj, How a conservationist and his team in the Sundarbans brought the Northern River Terrapin, one of the most endangered turtle species in the world, back from the brink… On the night before Holi, as the country prepared for the festival of colours, Shailendra Singh sat on a lonely motorboat…
Read MoreFrom Mongabay India – The Elongated Tortoise Battles Habitat Loss and Fire in its Leaf Litter Home –
by Roopak Goswami CLICK HERE to see this great article by Roopak Goswami from Mongabay India. It highlights the Critically Endangered Elongated Tortoise and brings you insights from Shahriar Caesar Rahman of TSA Partner Organization, Creative Conservation Alliance, and Dr. Shailendra Singh from WCS/TSA India.
Read MoreFirst Artificial Breeding Attempt for World’s Rarest Turtle Unsuccessful
by Heather Lowe In early July, Gerald Kuchling, the chelonian reproductive biologist who led a team that attempted artificial insemination on the world’s last known female Yangtze Giant Softshell Turtle (Rafetus swinhoei), returned to the Suzhou Zoo in China to evaluate the eggs. Since the procedure was attempted, the female had laid two clutches of eggs,…
Read MoreTSA President Visits Project Sites in Myanmar
by Rick Hudson TSA President Rick Hudson recently visited Myanmar to evaluate the TSA’s conservation programs there. This is his trip report – enjoy! I arrived in Bangkok on 24 September, overnighted, and flew into Mandalay the next day. I was met by Dr. Kalyar Platt, Director of TSA’s Turtle Conservation Program, and her colleagues Me…
Read MoreSoftshell Surveys Conducted in India
by Shai Singh and Ashutosh Tripathi The Indian narrow-headed turtle (Chitra indica) is a large softshell turtle that is extensively hunted throughout its range. Under the auspices of the TSA India project, a nest site assessment and monitoring survey of 75 km along the Yamuna River was conducted in September 2014. A total of seven nests,…
Read MoreRenovations Completed in India
by Heather Lowe The TSA India team has been hard at work at the Kukrail Gharial and Turtle Center in Lucknow. Renovations were recently completed on two different enclosures, to better accomodate the turtles that are managed there. An old, unused aviary was divided into multiple sections, one of which will hold tortoises, while the other…
Read MoreBlack Softshell Turtles Hatch in India
by Heather Lowe The Black Softshell Turtle (Nilssonia nigricans) is a critically endangered species endemic to North-eastern India and Bangladesh. It was long thought to exist in only one temple pond in Bangladesh. Fortunately, the species has been confirmed at a few spots in the Brahmaputra River drainage in the state of Assam and in some…
Read MoreTraining Volunteers in India
by Christine Bowie The TSA India team, along with the Lucknow and Kanpur Zoos, recently launched a comprehensive pilot program for zoo volunteers. The initiative was aimed at improving conservation education and animal awareness among zoo guests and also included a program to prepare participants for a possible future in the management of zoo animal collections.…
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