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Awareness and Research Conservation Program for Swinhoe’s Softshell Turtle in Vietnam
Grantee Name: 
Cleveland Zoological Society
HOTSPOT
Indo-Burma
LOCATION
AMOUNT
US$20,000
DATES
Aug 2009
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Jul 2011
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Project Overview Overview
CEPF Strategic Direction Strategy
HOTSPOT
Indo-Burma
LOCATION
AMOUNT
US$20,000
DATES
Aug 2009
-
Jul 2011

Conduct surveys and strengthen site-based conservation for the Critically Endangered Swinhoe's soft-shell turtle (Rafetus swinhoei), including awareness activities that focus on the special cultural importance of this species and its need for conservation. Only four individuals are known in existence globally, with both known wild animals near Hanoi.

Strategic Direction: 1 Safeguard priority globally threatened species in Indochina by mitigating major threats