Turtle Conservation Fund

The Turtle Conservation Fund (TCF) is a strategizing and funding consortium
of leading turtle conservation organizations focused on ensuring
the long-term survival of tortoises and freshwater turtles

(Malaysian giant turtles (Orlitia borneensis) in a holding pen in Medan, Sumatra, Indonesia, awaiting international export to the markets of Asia; photo 1999 by Chris R. Shepherd / TRAFFIC Southeast Asia)

TCF Mission:

To ensure that no species of tortoise or freshwater turtle becomes extinct
and that sustainable populations of all species persist in the wild.

TCF Strategy:

The mission of TCF will be achieved through facilitation and funding of coordinated global turtle conservation initiatives, including strategic partnership alliances and directed conservation action. This will include support for ex-situ captive breeding and management programs both in-range and out-of-range, in-situ protection and management of native populations, field-based conservation and applied research, field and trade surveys, threatened status and regulatory needs determinations, protected areas evaluations and development, and capacity building and other conservation endeavors as needed.

(Banner Photo: Elongated tortoise, Indotestudo elongata, from Thailand; photo by Peter Paul van Dijk)