Event series organized in Kim Son commune, Son Tay, Vietnam.
Although another Swinhoe’s softshell turtle individual identified live in Xuan Khanh lake near Hanoi, Vietnam in early 2018, Dong Mo ... Read More
Dong Mo lake
PRESS RELEASE: Implementation of smartphone-based environmental DNA testing and capture technologies to detect Rafetus swinhoei in the wild
Ha Noi, April 26 to May 9, 2018: A training workshop introducing eDNA (environmental DNA) and smartphone-based testing for the ... Read More
Training workshop to prevent electrofishing in the world’s rarest turtle’s habitat
Although much of the past few weeks has been focused on the discovery of another wild Swinhoe’s softshell turtle at ... Read More
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
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
Fishing Agreement Signed to Conserve World’s Rarest Turtle
About 40 km from the centre of Hanoi lies a spectacular Dong Mo Lake. It was created in 1971 through ... Read More
New net gets installed to protect the Dong Mo Turtle.
We are very relieved to get a new net installed in Dong Mo Lake, following continued heavy rain last week ... Read More
Celebrating the Mid-autumn festival for children at Dong Mo Lake, Hanoi, Vietnam
From the 1st to 4th October 2017 the mid-autumn festival was held by the Asian Turtle Program (ATP) of Indo-Myanmar Conservation (IMC) ... Read More
School children in Vietnam learn about the world’s rarest turtle living next door
From the 11th to 15th September 2017 the annual school program was held for secondary school children living close to the world’s ... Read More
Typhoon Doksuri hits Vietnam, the most powerful storm in a decade puts the world’s rarest turtle at risk.
At 10.00 on the 15th of September, 2017, Typhoon Doksuri made landfall in Ha Tinh province, central Vietnam. Bring wind speeds ... Read More