<h1 class="ql-align-center">Behler Turtle Conservation Award</h1> <h2>Context:</h2> <ul><li>Recently,&nbsp;Indian biologist Shailendra Singh&nbsp;has been awarded the&nbsp;Behler Turtle Conservation Award&nbsp;for bringing&nbsp;three critically endangered turtle conservation species&nbsp;back from the brink of extinction.</li></ul> <h2>Behler Turtle Conservation Award:</h2> <ul><li>Behler Turtle Conservation Award is a major annual international award honoring excellence in the field of tortoise and freshwater turtle conservation and biology, and leadership in the chelonian conservation and biology community.</li></ul> <ul><li>The award is co-presented&nbsp;by:</li><li class="ql-indent-1">Turtle Survival Alliance (TSA),</li><li class="ql-indent-1">IUCN&nbsp;&nbsp;</li><li class="ql-indent-1">Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group (TFTSG)</li><li class="ql-indent-1">Turtle Conservancy</li><li class="ql-indent-1">Turtle Conservation Fund.</li></ul> <ul><li>At present, there are&nbsp;three critically endangered turtles&nbsp;are being conserved as a part of TSA India’s research, conservation breeding, and education programme in different parts of the country.</li></ul> <h3>Northern River Terrapin (Batagur baska):</h3> <ul><li>IUCN status: Critically Endangered</li><li>CITES status: Appendix I</li><li>Wildlife Protection Act, 1972 status: Schedule I</li></ul> <img src="https://sunyaias-resources.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/content/ccb06610-432b-11ec-8ccf-19f2186a17ce.png"> <h3>Black Softshell Turtle (Nilssonia nigricans):</h3> <ul><li class="ql-indent-2">IUCN status: Critically Endangered</li><li class="ql-indent-2">CITES status: Appendix I</li><li class="ql-indent-2">Wildlife Protection Act, 1972 status: No legal status</li></ul> <img src="https://sunyaias-resources.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/content/ccb06611-432b-11ec-8ccf-19f2186a17ce.png"> <h3>Red-crowned Roofed Turtle:</h3> <ul><li class="ql-indent-2">IUCN status: Critically Endangered</li><li class="ql-indent-2">CITES status: Appendix II</li><li class="ql-indent-2">Wildlife Protection Act, 1972 status: Schedule I</li></ul> <img src="https://sunyaias-resources.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/content/ccb06612-432b-11ec-8ccf-19f2186a17ce.png"> <h2> </h2><h2>Turtle Survival Alliance(TSA):</h2> <ul><li>TSA was formed in 2001 as an International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) partnership for sustainable captive management of freshwater turtles and tortoises </li></ul> <ul><li>The TSA arose in response to the rampant and unsustainable harvest of Asian turtle populations to supply Chinese markets, a situation known as the Asian Turtle Crisis&nbsp;</li></ul>