The home of the Hoan Kiem turtle under threat from intensive fishing
From the 21st of June to the 3rd of July 2018, the peacefulness of Dong Mo lake, Hanoi, Vietnam, and home to ... Read More
Rafetus project
On-going effort to find more wild Rafetus in northern Vietnam
This June, our Rafetus team conducted a two-week field observation at another large lake in northern Vietnam to find remaining ... Read More
Event series organized in Kim Son commune, Son Tay, Vietnam.
Although another Swinhoe’s softshell turtle individual identified live in Xuan Khanh lake near Hanoi, Vietnam in early 2018, Dong Mo ... Read More
PRESS RELEASE: Implementation of smartphone-based environmental DNA testing and capture technologies to detect Rafetus swinhoei in the wild
Ha Noi, April 26 to May 9, 2018: A training workshop introducing eDNA (environmental DNA) and smartphone-based testing for the ... Read More
Training workshop to prevent electrofishing in the world’s rarest turtle’s habitat
Although much of the past few weeks has been focused on the discovery of another wild Swinhoe’s softshell turtle at ... Read More
Environmental DNA helps confirm a new individual of the world’s rarest turtle in the wild – 4 animals now known
The worlds most endangered turtle species and, arguably one of the world’s rarest animals, Swinhoe’s Softshell Turtle (Rafetus swinhoei) has ... Read More
Special school performace held “Together to conserve Swinhoe’s Softshell Turtle” in Son Dong, Son Tay, Vietnam.
On the 8th of March 2018, the Asian Turtle Program (ATP) of the Indo-Myanmar Conservation (IMC), in collaboration with the People’s ... Read More
The best photograph so far of the world’s rarest turtle in the wild
On the 19th of January 2018 we were very excited to capture the best photograph of the world’s rarest turtle in ... Read More
Fishing Agreement Signed to Conserve World’s Rarest Turtle
About 40 km from the centre of Hanoi lies a spectacular Dong Mo Lake. It was created in 1971 through ... Read More
New net gets installed to protect the Dong Mo Turtle.
We are very relieved to get a new net installed in Dong Mo Lake, following continued heavy rain last week ... Read More