Asia’s largest tortoise recieves funding via the Whitley Award
A Bangladeshi conservation biologist specializing in reptiles was presented the prestigious Whitley Award by HRH The Princess Royal, on Wednesday.
Shahriar Caesar Rahman, co-founder of the Creative Conservation Alliance, is working to preserve Asia’s largest tortoise in a remote corner of Bangladesh.
In 2011, Shahriar began surveying the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) for rare reptiles and amphibians. Sitting on the Bangladesh-Myanmar border, the CHT is one of the least explored, but one of the most biodiverse areas on the planet. Shahriar’s team made a ground-breaking discovery of the wild Asian giant tortoise previously thought to be extinct, and uncovered a new species of forest turtle.
Shahriar has since set up an initiative to protect tortoise populations and their surrounding habitats, and his team has invested time to build rapport and gain trust within local communities.
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Photo from dhaka tribune.
