Indian biologist Shailendra Singh has been awarded the Behler Turtle Conservation Award for bringing three critically endangered turtle conservation species back from the brink of extinction.<\/span><\/p>\n The award was given by several global bodies involved in turtle conservation such as Turtle Survival Alliance, IUCN\/SSC Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group, Turtle Conservancy, and the Turtle Conservation Fund.<\/span><\/p>\n Why was he given this award?\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n He was awarded for bringing three critically endangered turtle conservation species back from the brink of extinction. These species are <\/span>red-crowned roofed turtle (Batagur kachuga), northern river terrapin (Batagur baska), and<\/span> black softshell turtle (Nilssonia nigricans).<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n About <\/b>Red Crowned Roofed Turtle:<\/b><\/p>\n About <\/b>Turtle Survival Alliance(TSA)<\/b>:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n It was formed in 2001 as an International Union for Conservation of Nature(IUCN) partnership for sustainable captive management of freshwater turtles and tortoises.<\/span><\/p>\n About Turtle Conservation Fund(TCF):<\/b><\/p>\n It was established in 2002 as a partnership initiative of Conservation International, IUCN Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group (TFTSG), and Turtle Survival Alliance (TSA). Later, it was joined by other organizations.<\/span><\/p>\n The fund is <\/span>focused on ensuring the long-term survival of tortoises and freshwater turtles.<\/span><\/p>\n About IUCN\/SSC Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group (TFTSG)<\/b><\/p>\n It is one of the more than 100 Specialist Groups and Task Forces that constitute the working network of the <\/span>IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC)<\/b>. It <\/span>provides expertise and science-based recommendations with conservation relevance covering all species of freshwater and terrestrial turtles and tortoises.<\/span><\/p>\n Note: <\/b>The <\/span>SSC<\/b> is a science-based network of some 7000+ appointed volunteer specialists and experts from almost every country of the world, all working together towards achieving the vision of \u201ca world that values and conserves present levels of biodiversity.”<\/span><\/p>\n Source:<\/b> This post is based on the article \u201c<\/span>Indian biologist wins global award in turtle conservation<\/b>\u201d published in <\/span>The Hindu <\/b>on <\/span>3rd September 2021<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" What is the News? Indian biologist Shailendra Singh has been awarded the Behler Turtle Conservation Award for bringing three critically endangered turtle conservation species back from the brink of extinction. Who has given this award? The award was given by several global bodies involved in turtle conservation such as Turtle Survival Alliance, IUCN\/SSC Tortoise and… Continue reading Indian biologist wins global award in turtle conservation<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10317,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,4182,9],"tags":[1355,8927,9488],"class_list":["post-131181","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-environment","category-public","tag-biodiversity","tag-biodiversity-conservation","tag-turtle-conservation","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131181","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=131181"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131181\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=131181"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=131181"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=131181"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Who has given this award?<\/b><\/h5>\n
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