KUCHING: Sarawak Biodiversity Centre (SBC) will be hosting a webinar titled “From Agreement to Action: Saving Terrapins by Partnering with Local Communities and Empowering Women” at 10 am next Tuesday (July 11).
In a press release, it said that the webinar will be delivered by co-founder of Turtle Conservation Society of Malaysia (TCS), Dr Chen Pelf Nyok.
“This session will provide an insight into the community-based river terrapin conservation project spearheaded by TCS and efforts that are currently undertaken to save these terrapins,” it said.
SBC urged the people to come and support the action to learn how the people could do their part in the conservation of the turtles.
“Turtles are now the most endangered group of vertebrate animals, with more than half of their 350 species threatened with extinction.
“Their populations are being depleted by unsustainable harvesting and destruction of their habitats. This is also the fate of the river terrapins.
“River terrapins are one of the most critically endangered in the world, and Malaysia is believed to be the last stronghold of this species,” it added.
For more information and enquiries on the webinar, please contact Nurulliza Murtadza at 013-7049298 or Ivana Eve Phiong at 010-9626583.
