{"id":4919,"date":"2020-02-21T03:23:04","date_gmt":"2020-02-21T03:23:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asianturtleprogram.org\/?p=4919"},"modified":"2021-03-05T10:03:45","modified_gmt":"2021-03-05T10:03:45","slug":"2020-02-indian-turtle-project-visit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indomyanmarconservation.org\/my\/2020-02-indian-turtle-project-visit\/","title":{"rendered":"Weltw\u00e4rts Conference and Indian turtle project visit 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_row][vc_column][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]In February 2019, Nguyen Thu Thuy, the Training and Rescue Coordinator of ATP\/IMC, travelled to Nagpur City, India, to attend the Asian regional conference of the Weltw\u00e4rts program. Weltwarts is a development volunteer service founded in 2008 by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ). With over 100 participants from partner organizations around Asia and Germany, the conference shared updates of the Weltw\u00e4rts program and plan for the coming years.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″]

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The Spotted Pond Turtle (Geoclemys hamiltonii<\/em>) is one of the most common illegally traded species in India. This individual was rescued by the Kukrail Gharial & Turtle Rehabilitation Centre, Lucknow, India. Photo: Arunima Singh – TSA<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The ATP\/IMC has worked since 2016 with the Kolping Youth International, a Germany based youth volunteer programme, to host two long term volunteers annually. The role of the volunteers is to support the rescue and rehabilitation of tortoises and freshwater turtles (TFT) at the Turtle Conservation Centre, Cuc Phuong National Park. The volunteers are provided with knowledge of TFT diversity and biology and in-depth training in animal husbandry and work closely with local staff to conserve native TFT of Vietnam.<\/p>\n

After the conference, Thuy visited the Turtle Survival Alliance (TSA) India program. On her visit, she saw the staff training the rangers of Uttar Pradesh state on turtle identification and law enforcement, and visited Kukrail Gharial & Turtle Rehabilitation Centre in Lucknow and Terai field research project.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Thuy enjoyed the trip and gained a lot from her experiences there: \u201cIt was very exciting to observe turtles from the river and see the TSA team\u2019s great work in the rehabilitation centre.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\nPress release by: Thuy Nguyen & Jack Carney – ATP\/IMC[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Photo gallery<\/strong><\/em>[\/vc_column_text]

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Weltwart workshop in India<\/h3>Weltw\u00e4rts Conference group, photo by \u00a9DIZ <\/small><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>
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Law enforcement training for district FPD in Uttar Pradesh, India<\/h3>Thuy with the TSA India team during law enforcement training for rangers in Uttar Pradesh. Photo \u2013 \u00a9ATP<\/small><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>
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Working with TSA team on marking recaptured aquatic turtles in Serju river<\/h3>Thuy measures a wild female Crowned River Turtle (Hardella thurjii) with a local counterpart of TSA India. Photo: Rishika \u2013 TSA <\/small><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>
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Working with TSA team on marking recaptured aquatic turtles in Serju river<\/h3>Thuy measures a wild female Crowned River Turtle (Hardella thurjii) with a local counterpart of TSA India. Photo: Rishika \u2013 TSA <\/small><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>
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Kukrail Gharial and Turtle Rehabilitation Centre, Lucknow, India<\/h3>Arunima Singh (right), the TSA field research coordinator, shows Ragh Sharma (left), the TSA veterinarian intern, the identification and notching system on a Tricarinate Hill Turtle (Melanochelys tricarinata) at Kukrail Gharial & Turtle Rehabilitation Centre, Lucknow, India\nPhoto: Nguyen Thu Thuy - ATP<\/small><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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