New photo of world’s rarest turtle in northern Vietnam
Is it a bird? Is it a boat? No, its the head of one of the last two known wild ... Read More
Rafetus project
Monsters in the River
On the 21st of May 2019, reports started to circulate on social media of large animals in a section of ... Read More
The female Swinhoe’s Softshell Turtle passed away in China
News in Chinese online newspaper revealed that the only known female Swinhoe’s Softshell Turtle (Rafetus swinhoei) in captivity has died ... Read More
Dong Mo Football Cup – a community event to support the conservation of the Swinhoe’s Softshell Turtle
From the 7th to the 17th of February 2019, the Asian Turtle Program (ATP) of Indo-Myanmar Conservation (IMC) collaborated with local authorities ... Read More
Turtle Survival Alliance visit the Turtle Conservation Centre and Rafetus field sites
From the 30th of January to the 2nd of February, the Asian Turtle Program (ATP) of Indo Myanmar Conservation (IMC) was delighted ... Read More
Chasing the worlds rarest turtle – The New Yorker has a story on the work of the ATP and our work to protect Swinhoe’s Softshell Turtle (Rafetus swinhoei) in Vietnam.
For over a decade, the Asian Turtle Program (ATP) of Indo-Myanmar Conservation has worked to conserve the species, better known ... Read More
The Da River – historical habitat of Swinhoe’s Softshell Turtle
In November 2018, a team from the Asian Turtle Program (ATP) of Indo-Myanmar Conservation (IMC) conducted a second short survey ... Read More
More than one individual of Swinhoe’s Softshell Turtle living in Dong Mo lake?
For many years since our team started to focus our conservation efforts of Swinhoe’s Softshell Turtle (Rafetus swinhoei), also known ... Read More
Rafetus habitat in Vietnam being disturbed again
As you might still remember, in April 2018, we have made an announcement on the discovery of the second wild ... Read More