REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS TURTLE CONSERVATION FUND Next Proposal Deadline: 1 May 2013 A Partnership Coalition of Leading Turtle Conservation Organizations and Individuals _________ Strategic Action Planning and Funding Support for Conservation of Threatened Tortoises and Freshwater Turtles (www.turtleconservationfund.org) _________ Conservation International International Union for the Conservation of Nature / Species Survival Commission / Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group Turtle Survival Alliance European Association of Zoos and Aquaria Shellshock Campaign Chelonian Research Foundation Chester Zoo Fort Worth Zoo Asian Turtle Program Wildlife Conservation Society Behler Chelonian Center / Turtle Conservancy Chelonian Research Institute Humane Society International - Australia ____________________________________________________________________
TCF Board: Hugh R. Quinn, Co-Chair ([email protected]) Anders G.J. Rhodin, Co-Chair ([email protected]) Gary Ades; Chris B. Banks; Kurt A. Buhlmann; Antone Cadi; Bernard Devaux; Matt Frankel; Eric Goode; Douglas B. Hendrie; John Iverson; Brian D. Horne; Rick Hudson; Gerald Kuchling; Richard Lewis, Susan Lieberman; Luca Luiselli; George Meyer; Russell A. Mittermeier; Vivian Páez; Hans-Dieter Philippen; Colin Poole; Peter C.H. Pritchard; Martina Raffel; Walter C. Sedgwick; Peter Paul van Dijk; Andrew Walde; Henk Zwartepoorte ************************** The Turtle Conservation Fund (TCF) administers a turtle conservation and research grants program. Awards are granted to organizations or individuals for specific conservation or research projects dealing with tortoises or freshwater turtles, but not marine turtles, with either partial or full support as funding allows. Awards at the present time are approximately in the $2000 to $5000 range per project, with occasional funding up to $10,000. Priority for funding is given to projects that focus on species that are already highly threatened (Critically Endangered) as determined by the IUCN Red List (www.iucnredlist.org). TCFs highest priority species targeted for funding are listed below. We welcome proposals for the conservation of species other than those listed, provided a convincing rationale is included why the species conservation status merits funding from the TCF. Award recipients enter into contractual agreement with one of our partner organizations (Conservation International, Chelonian Research Foundation or EAZA Shellshock Campaign) to produce the proposed work. Award recipients are also encouraged to publish at least partial results of the supported research in the international scientific turtle journal, Chelonian Conservation and Biology, published by TCF Alliance Partner Chelonian Research Foundation (CRF; www.chelonian.org). For further information and application guidelines go to www.TurtleConservationFund.org ---------------------------------------------- Turtle Conservation Fund Priority Species List Species included in this list are Critically Endangered (CR) or proposed as CR (by IUCN Red Listing Workshops). Listed exceptions include Acanthochelys pallidipectoris(Chaco Side-necked Turtle), Chitra indica (Indian Narrow-headed Softshell Turtle), Elusor macrurus (Mary River Turtle), Geochelone (or Centrochelys) sulcata (African Spurred Tortoise), and Terrapene coahuila (Coahuilan Box Turtle) (each listed or proposed as Endangered). In addition, the Turtle Conservation Fund (TCF) recognizes that the conservation status of many turtle species, particularly those inhabiting Sub-Saharan Africa, is poorly known, and will consider applications for projects to improve our understanding of the survival prospects of these species. Such projects should clearly describe why a particular species or region might warrant priority funding from the TCF. Dermatemydidae 1. Dermatemys mawii (Central American River Turtle) Belize, Guatemala, Mexico Kinosternidae 2. Sternotherus depressus (Flattened Musk Turtle) USA Emydidae 3. Glyptemys muhlenbergii (Bog Turtle) USA 4. Terrapene coahuila (Coahuilan Box Turtle) Mexico Geoemydidae 5. Batagur affinis (Southern River Terrapin) Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand 6. Batagur baska (Northern River Terrapin) Bangladesh, India, Myanmar 7. Batagur borneoensis (Painted Terrapin) Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand 8. Batagur kachuga (Red-crowned Roofed Turtle) Bangladesh, India, Nepal 9. Batagur trivittata (Burmese Roofed Turtle) Myanmar 10. Cuora aurocapitata (Yellow-headed Box Turtle) China 11. Cuora bourreti (Bourrets Box Turtle) Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam 12. Cuora flavomarginata(Yellow-margined Box Turtle) China, Japan, Taiwan 13. Cuora galbinifrons (Indochinese Box Turtle) China, Laos, Vietnam 14. Cuora mccordi (McCords Box Turtle) China 15. Cuora mouhotii (Keeled Box Turtle) China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Vietnam 16. Cuora pani (Pans Box Turtle) China 17. Cuora picturata (Southern Vietnam Box Turtle) Vietnam 18. Cuora trifasciata (Chinese Three-striped Box Turtle, Golden Coin Turtle) China, Hong Kong, Laos, Vietnam 19. Cuora yunnanensis (Yunnan Box Turtle) China 20. Cuora zhoui (Zhous Box Turtle) China, Vietnam 21. Heosemys annandalii (Yellow-headed Temple Turtle) Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam 22. Heosemys depressa (Arakan Forest Turtle) Myanmar 23. Leucocephalon yuwonoi (Sulawesi Forest Turtle) Indonesia 24. Mauremys annamensis (Annam Pond Turtle) Vietnam 25. Mauremys mutica (Yellow Pond Turtle) China, Japan, Taiwan, Vietnam 26. Mauremys nigricans (Red-necked Pond Turtle) China, Vietnam 27. Orlitia borneensis (Malaysian Giant Turtle) Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia 28. Sacalia bealei (Beals Eyed Turtle) China, Hong Kong 29. Siebenrockiella leytensis (Philippine Forest Turtle) Philippines Platysternidae 30. Platysternon megacephalum (Big-headed Turtle) Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam Testudinidae 31. Astrochelys radiata (Radiated Tortoise) Madagascar 32. Astrochelys yniphora (Ploughshare Tortoise, Angonoka) Madagascar 33. Geochelone platynota (Burmese Star Tortoise) Myanmar 34. Geochelone (or Centrochelys) sulcata (African Spurred Tortoise only in-situ projects eligible) Benin, Burkina Faso, CAR, Chad, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sudan 35. Gopherus flavomarginatus (Bolson Tortoise) - Mexico 36. Manouria emys (Asian Giant Tortoise) Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand 37. Psammobates geometricus (Geometric Tortoise) South Africa 38. Pyxis arachnoides (Spider Tortoise) Madagascar 39. Pyxis planicauda (Flat-tailed Tortoise, Flat-shelled Spider Tortoise) Madagascar 40. Testudo kleinmanni (Egyptian Tortoise) Egypt, Israel, Libya Trionychidae 41. Apalone spinifera atra (Black Spiny Softshell Turtle, Cuatro Cienegas Softshell Turtle) - Mexico 42. Chitra chitra (Asian Narrow-headed Softshell Turtle) Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand 43. Chitra indica (Indian Narrow-headed Softshell Turtle) Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan 44. Chitra vandijki (Burmese Narrow-headed Softshell Turtle) Myanmar, Thailand 45. Nilssonia formosa (Burmese Peacock Softshell Turtle) China, Myanmar, 46. Nilssonia leithii (Leiths Softshell Turtle) India 47. Nilssonia nigricans (Black Softshell Turtle, Bostami Softshell) Bangladesh, India 48. Pelochelys cantori (Asian Giant Softshell Turtle, Cantors Giant Softshell Turtle) Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam 49. Rafetus swinhoei (Red River Giant Softshell Turtle, Yangtze Giant Softshell Turtle, Swinhoes Softshell Turtle) China, Vietnam Chelidae 50. Acanthochelys pallidipectoris (Chaco Side-necked Turtle) Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay 51. Chelodina mccordi (Roti Island Snake-necked Turtle) Indonesia, Timor-Leste 52. Elusor macrurus (Mary River Turtle) Australia 53. Mesoclemmys hogei (Hoges Side-necked Turtle) Brazil 54. Pseudemydura umbrina (Western Swamp Turtle) Australia Podocnemididae 55. Erymnochelys madagascariensis (Madagascan Big-headed Turtle) Madagascar 56. Podocnemis expansa (Giant South American River Turtle, Giant Amazon River Turtle, Arrau) Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Venezuela 57. Podocnemis lewyana (Magdalena River Turtle) Colombia The TCF is aware that Gopherus agassizii (Mojave Desert Tortoise - USA) is proposed for an assessment as Critically Endangered; however, the TCF is unlikely to fund applications for Desert Tortoise work, and recommends that prospective applicants for projects concerning this species check into grants available from the Desert Tortoise Council [http://deserttortoise.org] and other sources.
