Training the next generation of turtle conservationists in Vietnam
During the first week of April 2018 we have organised the annual Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Field Skill Training Course ... Read More
ATP News
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
15% of the world’s top 25 most endangered tortoise and freshwater turtles are found in Vietnam.
Vietnam now has four species, accounting for 14.8% of top 25 the world’s most endangered Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle (TFT) ... Read More
New species of frog from the genus Leptolalax described by IMC staff in Vietnam
A new species of frog from the Leptolalax genus, Rowley’s Leaf-litter Frog (Leptolalax rowleyae) has recently been described from Son ... Read More
Confiscation and release of endangered Big-headed turtles in central Vietnam
On the first day of February 2018, rangers from Song Thanh Nature Reserve, Quang Nam province in central Vietnam made a ... Read More
An unusual wildlife rescue – A Malaysian Giant Turtle has been rescued in Vietnam
On the 25th of January 2018, an unusual rescue has taken place in Ba Vi District, Hanoi, Vietnam. A very ... 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
Release of Keeled Box Turtles in Cuc Phuong National Park, Vietnam
It was a good feeling to see rescued animals make it back into their natural environment. On the 26th of ... Read More
Largest confiscation of endangered big-headed turtles in Quang Ninh Province, Vietnam
On the 05th November 2016, Economic police of Quang Ninh province, near the border with China in northern Vietnam, confiscated 105 ... Read More
Update on the Big-headed Turtle Rescues in Vietnam – November 2017
We have had a steady flow of confiscated Big-headed Turtles (Platysternon megacephalum) since 2015. The most recent rescue of 68 ... Read More