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Global award for turtle conservation
September 5 , 2021
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- The Indian biologist Shailendra Singh has been awarded the Behler Turtle Conservation Award.
- This award was given for bringing three critically endangered turtle conservation species back from the brink of extinction.
- The species are,
- Red-crowned Roofed Turtle (Batagur kachuga),
- Northern River Terrapin (Batagur baska), and
- Black Softshell Turtle (Nilssonia nigricans)
- There are 29 species of freshwater turtles and tortoises in the country.
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