Turtle Conservation Fund (TCF) REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS Next Proposal Deadline: 1 December 2017
************************** The Turtle Conservation Fund(TCF) awards grants toorganizations or individuals for specific conservation or research projects dealingwith tortoises or freshwater turtles,but not marine turtles,with either partial or full support as funding allows. Grants focus on projects regarding1) species listed as IUCN Critically Endangered, 2) species that are on the TCFPriority Species List (recently revised, see below), or 3) species other thanthose listed, provided a convincing rationale is included why the species’conservation status merits funding from the TCF. The maximum amount of each grant is US$5000, but smaller grant requests are also encouraged (up to $1000 each) tosupport pilot conservation initiatives for tortoise and freshwater turtlespecies that are currently either IUCN Red Listed as Critically Endangered orEndangered (or on the TCF Priority Species list--see below), or species thatmay become priority species with an increase in the state of knowledge aboutthe status of their populations or the threats they currently face (principallyspecies currently classified on the Red List as Not Evaluated or Data Deficient). TCF’s highestpriority species targeted for funding are listed below (list recently revised). Award recipients enter intocontractual agreement with one of our partner organizations (ConservationInternational, Chelonian Research Foundation, or Turtle Conservancy) to producethe proposed work. Award recipients arealso encouraged to publish at least partial results of the supported researchin the international scientific turtle journal, Chelonian Conservation andBiology, co-published by TCF partners Chelonian ResearchFoundation and Turtle Conservancy (www.chelonianjournals.org). For further information and applicationguidelines go to www.TurtleConservationFund.org ---------------------------------------------- Turtle Conservation Fund Priority Species List Species included in this list are CriticallyEndangered (CR) or proposed as CR (by IUCN Red Listing Workshops). Listed exceptions include Acanthochelys pallidipectoris (ChacoSide-necked Turtle), Chitra indica(Indian Narrow-headed Softshell Turtle), Elusormacrurus (Mary River Turtle), Centrochelyssulcata (African Spurred Tortoise), Kinosternonangustipons (Narrow-bridged Mud Turtle), Myuchelys georgesi (Bellinger River Sawshelled Turtle), Terrapene coahuila (Coahuilan BoxTurtle), and Terrapene (carolina) yucatana (Yucatan Box Turtle). 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 willconsider applications for projects to improve our understanding of the survivalprospects of these species, particularly Homopus solus (Nama Padloper), Kinixys erosa(Serrated Hinge-back tortoise), and Pelusios broadleyi (Turkana MudTurtle) during the 2017 funding cycles. Such projects should clearly describe why a particular species or regionmight warrant priority funding from the TCF. Dermatemydidae Dermatemys mawii (Central American River Turtle) – Belize, Guatemala, Mexico Kinosternidae Kinosternon angustipons (Narrrow-bridged Mud Turtle) – Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama Sternotherus depressus (Flattened Musk Turtle) – USA Emydidae Glyptemys muhlenbergii (Bog Turtle) – USA Terrapene coahuila (Coahuilan Box Turtle) – Mexico Terrapene (carolina) yucatana (Yucatan Box Turtle) – Mexico Geoemydidae Batagur affinis (Southern River Terrapin) – Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand Batagur baska (Northern River Terrapin) – Bangladesh, India, Myanmar Batagur borneoensis (Painted Terrapin) – Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand Batagur kachuga (Red-crowned Roofed Turtle) – Bangladesh, India, Nepal Batagur trivittata (Burmese Roofed Turtle) – Myanmar Cuora aurocapitata (Yellow-headed Box Turtle) – China Cuora bourreti (Bourret’s Box Turtle) – Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam Cuora flavomarginata(Yellow-margined Box Turtle) – China, Japan, Taiwan Cuora galbinifrons (Indochinese Box Turtle) – China, Laos, Vietnam Cuora mccordi (McCord’s Box Turtle) – China Cuora mouhotii (Keeled Box Turtle) – China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Vietnam Cuora pani (Pan’s Box Turtle) – China Cuora picturata (Southern Vietnam Box Turtle) – Vietnam Cuora trifasciata (Chinese Three-striped Box Turtle, Golden Coin Turtle) – China, Hong Kong, Laos, Vietnam Cuora yunnanensis (Yunnan Box Turtle) – China Cuora zhoui (Zhou’s Box Turtle) – China, Vietnam Heosemys annandalii (Yellow-headed Temple Turtle) – Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam Heosemys depressa (Arakan Forest Turtle) – Myanmar Leucocephalon yuwonoi (Sulawesi Forest Turtle) – Indonesia Mauremys annamensis (Annam Pond Turtle) – Vietnam Mauremys mutica (Yellow Pond Turtle) – China, Japan, Taiwan, Vietnam Mauremys nigricans (Red-necked Pond Turtle) – China, Vietnam Orlitia borneensis (Malaysian Giant Turtle) – Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia Sacalia bealei (Beal’s Eyed Turtle) – China, Hong Kong Siebenrockiella leytensis (Philippine Forest Turtle) – Philippines Platysternidae Platysternon megacephalum (Big-headed Turtle) – Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam Testudinidae Astrochelys radiata (Radiated Tortoise) – Madagascar Astrochelys yniphora (Ploughshare Tortoise, Angonoka) – Madagascar Centrochelys sulcata (African Spurred Tortoise – only in-situ projects eligible) – Benin, Burkina Faso, CAR, Chad, Eritera, Ethiopia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sudan Geochelone platynota (Burmese Star Tortoise) – Myanmar Gopherus flavomarginatus (Bolson Tortoise) – Mexico Gopherus flavomarginatus (Bolson Tortoise) – Mexico Kinixys homeana (Home’s Hinge-back Tortoise) – Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria, Togo, Zaire Malacochersus tornieri (Pancake Tortoise) – Kenya, Tanzania Manouria emys (Asian Giant Tortoise) – Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand Psammobates geometricus (Geometric Tortoise) – South Africa Pyxis arachnoides (Spider Tortoise) – Madagascar Pyxis planicauda (Flat-tailed Tortoise, Flat-shelled Spider Tortoise) – Madagascar Testudo kleinmanni (Egyptian Tortoise) – Egypt, Israel, Libya Trionychidae Apalone spinifera atra (Black Spiny Softshell Turtle, Cuatro Cienegas Softshell Turtle) - Mexico Chitra chitra (Asian Narrow-headed Softshell Turtle) – Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand Chitra indica (Indian Narrow-headed Softshell Turtle) – Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan Chitra vandijki (Burmese Narrow-headed Softshell Turtle) – Myanmar, Thailand Cyclanorbis elegans (Nubian Flapshell Turtle) – Chad, Ghana, Nigeria, Sudan, Togo Nilssonia formosa (Burmese Peacock Softshell Turtle) – China, Myanmar, Nilssonia leithii (Leith’s Softshell Turtle) – India Nilssonia nigricans (Black Softshell Turtle, Bostami Softshell) – Bangladesh, India Pelochelys cantori (Asian Giant Softshell Turtle, Cantor’s Giant Softshell Turtle) – Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam Rafetus swinhoei (Red River Giant Softshell Turtle, Yangtze Giant Softshell Turtle, Swinhoe’s Softshell Turtle) – China, Vietnam Chelidae Acanthochelys pallidipectoris (Chaco Side-necked Turtle) – Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay Chelodina mccordi (Roti Island Snake-necked Turtle) – Indonesia, Timor-Leste Elusor macrurus (Mary River Turtle) – Australia Mesoclemmys hogei (Hoge’s Side-necked Turtle) – Brazil Myuchelys georgesi (Bellinger River Sawshelled Turtle) – Australia Pseudemydura umbrina (Western Swamp Turtle) – Australia Podocnemididae Erymnochelys madagascariensis (Madagascan Big-headed Turtle) – Madagascar Podocnemis expansa (Giant South American River Turtle, Giant Amazon River Turtle, Arrau) – Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Venezuela Podocnemis lewyana (Magdalena River Turtle) – Colombia The TCF is aware that Gopherusagassizii (Mojave Desert Tortoise - USA) is proposed for an assessment asCritically Endangered; however, the TCF is unlikely to fund applications forDesert Tortoise work, and recommends that prospective applicants for projectsconcerning this species check into grants available from the Desert TortoiseCouncil [http://deserttortoise.org] and other sources. ---------------------------------------------
