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Man with TSA shirt holding small turtle.
Steve Platt from the Turtle Survival Alliance/Wildlife Conservation Society​ holds a Myanmar roofed turtle.
© Conservation International/photo by Jack Tordoff
Building a Comprehensive Chelonian Conservation Program in Myanmar
Grantee Name: 
Turtle Survival Alliance
HOTSPOT
Indo-Burma
LOCATION
AMOUNT
US$60,000
DATES
Oct 2014
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Feb 2016
Stats
Project Overview Overview
CEPF Strategic Direction Strategy
HOTSPOT
Indo-Burma
LOCATION
AMOUNT
US$60,000
DATES
Oct 2014
-
Feb 2016

Scale up pilot projects for highly threatened turtle species in Myanmar by establishing a group of free-living Burmese star tortoise (Geochelone platynota), demonstrating that reintroduction is a feasible conservation strategy. Augment the wild population of Burmese roofed turtle (Kachuga trivittata), and generate lessons for future reintroductions. Prioritize conservation actions for Burmese eyed turtle (Morenia ocellata) through studies of its conservation status and natural history.

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