Kami dengan sukacitanya mengumumkan bahawa Jabatan Perlindungan Hidupan Liar dan Taman Negara (PERHILITAN) telah meluluskan permohonan kami untuk memulakan projek pemuliharaan tuntung sungai di Sungai Kemaman, dengan penglibatan masyarakat tempatan di 3 buah kampung di sepanjang sungai, iaitu Kg. Binjai, Kg. Pasir Gajah dan Kg. Dadong.
We would like to announce our newest campaign: “Help Buy A River Terrapin Egg”. Each river terrapin egg costs RM 5 and monies raised from this campaign would be used to purchase terrapin eggs in the Kerteh and Kemaman Rivers.
TCC has been featured in the September 2010 issue of La Tortue magazine. A short summary in English is provided at the end of the article.
We are now conducting questionnaire surveys with fishermen who live in villages along the major rivers in Terengganu. So far, we have interviewed more than 70 fishermen in 7 rivers–Keluang, Marang, Merchang, Paka, Dungun, Kerteh and Kemaman Rivers.
As part of our project to “Elevate survival prospects for the critically endangered southern river terrapin of Terengganu, Malaysia, through research, conservation, local community participation, public outreach and education,” we have proposed to conduct a Turtle Awareness Program in 15 local primary schools in the state of Terengganu.
Slightly more than a week ago, Joey @ Serenity Yoga and her yoga students came to Penarik, Terengganu, for a 3D2N “Save the Turtles Yoga Retreat”. Apart from it being a yoga retreat, it was also a “terrapin release event” because Joey had also managed to secure some terrapin adoptions from her yoga friends and students in KL!