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Study refutes claim that Indonesia’s legal turtle trade supports livelihoods

By Spoorthy Raman With an evolutionary history of more than 200 million years, turtles and tortoises have outlived dinosaurs ...
The Conversation

There’s a thriving global market in turtles, and much of that trade is illegal

Jennifer Sevin is a co-founder and serves on the steering committee of the Collaborative to Combat the Illegal Trade in Turtles. Hatchling turtles are cute, small and inexpensive. Handled improperly, ...
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Illegal trade is pushing Bangladesh’s freshwater turtles to the brink

The Bangladesh Forest Department recently confiscated a large shipment of freshwater turtles from smugglers in the capital city. Experts say the consumer base for freshwater turtles is expanding in ...