I am a master's student of Conservation and Use of Biodiversity. My research interests range across diverse topics in wildlife conservation and management, under the One Plan Approach. Mainly with emphasis on freshwater turtles and tortoises.
“Turtles have been around since before many dinosaurs walked the planet and have survived relatively unchanged for about 250 million years, but mankind’s actions have brought them to the brink of extinction. It’s our responsibility to bring them back.”
R. Mittermeier
“Despite problems [conserving species], there appear to be success stories…These have been long, arduous affairs, and for the most part, they have been the work of extraordinarily dedicated individuals, not legions of bureaucrats. I suspect that the turtle wars will be fought and won and lost by individual ‘turtle men’ and ‘turtle women’ who are on divine missions from the chelonian gods to save their species.”
John Behler, 1997.
“The journey towards conservation success is challenging and long, often with considerable delays from initial actions to ultimate outcomes.”
Watts et al., 2020