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But the Cuc Phuong Conservation Project and its Turtle Conservation and Ecology Project and Turtle Conservation Center) in Vietnam may very well be a model for future programs to save the turtles of Southeast Asia. The greater Cuc Phuong Project, established in 1996, is a multifaceted conservation initiative. Major project components include a community-based conservation education program active in 35 schools and 15 communes surrounding the park, a socioeconomic research program to examine the relationship between local communities and forest resource use, a visitor education program targeting the park’s 40,000 annual visitors, and biological research on the park’s fauna and flora. The Cuc Phuong Conservation Project manages two species conservation programs for wildlife threatened by the illegal trade: the Owston’s Palm Civet (Chrotogale owstoni) Conservation Program and the Turtle Conservation Centert. The Turtle Conservation and Ecology Project, focusing on tortoises and freshwater turtles confiscated from the trade, was initiated in 1998. Since then it has developed steadily, and in the summer of 1999, with official endorsement from the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, the Turtle Project was formally integrated into the larger Cuc Phuong Conservation Project, making it the first official tortoise and freshwater turtle conservation program in Vietnam. For more details about the scope, goals, and activities of this important conservation effort, see the newsletters and reports below.
The Asian Turtle Crisis Bulletin, Bulletin of the Asian Turtle Crisis Network (ATCN) Turtle Conservation Vietnam, Newsletter of the Turtle Conservation and Ecology Project (TCEP) Turtle Conservation Vietnam, Newsletter of the Turtle Conservation and Ecology Project (TCEP) (Volume III, Issue 2, May 31, 2000) (Volume III, Issue 1, January 2000)
“Report to TRAFFIC: Compiled Notes on the Wildlife Trade in Vietnam”
“Vietnam’s Vanishing Primates” (November 15, 2000) (entire newsletter reproduced courtesy of the CBC, American Museum of Natural History) “Vietnam Highway Hits Bump on the Road” (July 28, 2002) (November 3, 2000) (September 20, 2000) (August 15, 2000) (August 22, 2000) (June, 2000)
The Asian Turtle Conservation Network (ATCN) is a non-profit consortium of people, projects and institutions, based in Southeast Asia, actively working to conserve Asia’s turtles. Melbourne Zoo provides support to address the Asian Turtle Crisis and has been actively involved in this conservation program since 1998. A volunteer organization headquartered in Japan for anyone who wishes to help conserve wildlife and wildlife habitats around the world. WVF provides direct support to the Cuc Phuong Conservation Project (see link from home page). An interactive Web-based system for sharing information and knowledge related to natural resource management in Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam. Committed to saving Vietnam's environment, assisting Vietnamese scientists find solutions to development problems, and to helping people in the countryside to make a living without degrading their environment.
Conservation Education Network (CEN) — Vietnam CEN is a world-wide forum for exchange of scholarly, factual information on conservation education in Viet Nam (in Vietnamese and English). To subscribe to CEN, send an e-mail message to majordomo@vn-gw.net.vn with the body text reading: The AVSL-L Discussion Group is a list for the exchange of professional and scientific information (in English). To subscribe to AVSL-L, send an e-mail message to majordomo@coombs.anu.edu.au with the body text reading:
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Green Forest: Turtles. In April 2003, Education for Nature–Vietnam and the Turtle Conservation and Ecology Project published a new educational resource for children focused on turtles. This special edition of the Vietnamese children’s activity series, Green Forest, introduces readers to the life and ecology, and threats to Vietnam’s endangered tortoises and freshwater turtles, and suggests practical ways that students can help protect their turtle friends.
