TSA Madagascar
Project Animal(s) : Turtles
Project Category : Reptiles
Project Region : Africa
Project Type : Conservation
Project URL : https://turtlesurvival.org/copy/projects/madagascar/
Project is timebound? : No
Focal Species:
Radiated Tortoise (Astrochelys radiata) – Critically Endangered
Ploughshare Tortoise (Astrochelys yniphora) – Critically Endangered
Common Spider Tortoise (Pyxis arachnoides arachnoides) – Critically Endangered
Northern Spider Tortoise (Pyxis arachnoides brygooi) – Critically Endangered
Southern Spider Tortoise (Pyxis arachnoides oblonga) – Critically Endangered
Madagascan Hinge-back Tortoise (Kinixys zombensis domerguei) – Vulnerable
Chelonian Threats:
Poaching, deforestation, livestock and agriculture
Action:
Triage and long-term confiscation care, build, manage, and maintain assurance colonies, Confiscation to Reintroduction Strategy, community education, law-enforcement
TSA Programs and Facilities:
Ampanihy Tortoise Center – (Atsimo-Andrefana Region)
Antananarivo – (Headquarters and Triage Center)
Betioky Tortoise Center – (Atsimo-Andrefana Region)
Lavavolo Tortoise Center – (Atsimo-Andrefana Region)
Tortoise Conservation Center – (Androy Region)
Regional Partners:
Directeur Regional de l’Environment, de ‘Ecologie et des Forets (DREEF), Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust, SOPTOM-CRCC, U.S. Embassy, Wildlife Conservation Society, WWF-Madagascar, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, Ministère de l’Environnement, de l’Ecologie et des Forêts (MEEF)
Project Agency : Turtle Survival Alliance
Project Agency Contact : https://turtlesurvival.org/