Title
Notable victories in the fight to save Myanmar's critically endangered turtles
Author(s)
Platt, S.G.;Platt, K.;Soe, M.M.;Ko, W.K.;Myo, K.M.;Lwin, T.;Win, M.M.
Published
2015
Publisher
Turtle Survival
Abstract
The Turtle Survival Alliance and Wildlife Conservation
Society (TSA/WCS) Team scored several
significant victories this year in the fight to save
the critically endangered turtles of Myanmar. As
in past years, we continued to focus on those species
endemic, or nearly so, to Myanmar, namely
the Burmese Star Tortoise (Geochelone platynota),
Burmese Roofed Turtle (Batagur trivittata),
Arakan Forest Turtle (Heosemys depressa), and
the Burmese Peacock Softshell Turtle (Nilssonia
formosa).
All of these species have received significant
conservation effort and are classified as Endangered
or Critically Endangered by the IUCN
after being decimated by decades of relentless
over-harvesting to supply food, medicine, and pet
markets just across Myanmar’s northern border,
in China.
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