Two endemic Bourret’s box turtles start the New Year back in the wild
Bourret’s box turtles (Cuora bourreti) is a critically endangered tortoise species endemic to a few provinces of central Vietnam. One of ... Read More
Mauremys project
Football for conservation, first match held for Vietnamese Pond Turtle in central Vietnam
On the 23rd and 24th of April 2011 the Asian Turtle Program (ATP) of Cleveland Metroparks Zoo organized the first ... Read More
New poster highlights threats and conservation needs for the endemic Vietnamese Pond Turtle (Mauremys annamensis) in Central Vietnam.
The poster highlights the protected status and conservation threats of the endemic Vietnamese Pond Turtle (Mauremys annamensis) in Central Vietnam. Despite ... Read More
Protected Impressed Tortoise rescued by Quang Ngai Provincial Forest Protection Department
On the 19th of October 2010 the Forest Protection Department (FPD) of Mo Duc District in Quang Ngai province located ... Read More
Reintroduction preparations for captive bred Vietnamese Pond Turtles
The Asian Turtle Program (ATP) of Cleveland Metroparks Zoo (CMZ) has worked since 1998 to promote TFT conservation through awareness, ... Read More
Critically Endangered Turtles Rescued from Trade
Forest Rangers and Environmental Police in Quang Ngai province recently confiscated 19 turtles from the home of a trader including ... Read More
New surveys for the Vietnamese Pond Turtle (Mauremys annamensis) identify additional suitable habitat for the species
During late May and early June the Asian Turtle Program’s (ATP) carried out interview surveys in the central Vietnamese province ... Read More
Finding the Vietnamese Pond Turtle (Mauremys annamensis) in central Vietnam
From the 16th of April to 15th of May 2006 interview surveys were conducted in Quang Nam Province, central Vietnam ... Read More
Mauremys annamensis recorded in natural habitat after 65 years
Vietnam – Efforts to find the Vietnamese pond turtle, Mauremys annamensis in the wild yielded a major success last week when a ... Read More
Endemic Vietnamese Pond turtles come home
Hanoi – Thursday May 11, 2006 – Yesterday, Cathay Pacific’s regular flight from Hong Kong delivered a special group of passengers ... Read More