Conservation of Asian Tortoises and Freshwater Turtles Workshop Opens Today in Singapore

A pivotal 4-day workshop opens today in Singapore that will set the agenda for Asian turtle conservation for the next ten years. Just over ten years have passed since the turtle conservation community convened in Phnom Penh, Cambodia and conducted the first comprehensive evaluation of the Asian turtle crisis. Much has happened since 1999 and the time has come to thoroughly evaluate where we have been and how we want to proceed in the future.

Workshop participants will critically assess what has worked - and what has not - with respect to protecting chelonian populations and preventing extinctions. Hosted by Wildlife Reserves Singapore, and organized by the Wildlife Conservation Society, the Turtle Survival Alliance, San Diego Zoo Global and the IUCN Tortoise & Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group, this workshop will bring together approximately 70 delegates from 19 Asian countries/regions plus Europe, Australia and the U.S.

The agenda for the workshop is available here. Members of Team TSA will be providing you with updates throughout the meeting. Like us on Facebook, sign up for TSA text messages (see left column) or check out the TSA blog to stay up to date.