California Turtle and Tortoise Club
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The Turtle Survival Alliance (TSA) and the IUCN/SSC Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group (TFTSG) are pleased to announce the dates of their joint Symposium, Monday - Thursday, August 16 - 19, 2010 in Orlando, Florida (immediately preceding the National Reptile Breeders Expo in Daytona). This is the 8th annual conference hosted by the TSA, and has become the world's largest gathering of tortoise and freshwater turtle biologists, turtle enthusiasts, and captive breeding specialists in the world. As the tradition continues, we are grateful for the generous support of our conference title sponsor, ZooMed. This promises to be a major international conference, with over 100 presentations. We have many special sessions arranged including: " Madagascar Freshwater Turtle and Tortoise Conservation: Christina Castellano & Michael Ogle, chairs " Captive Husbandry: Cris Hagen and Ben Anders, Chairs " Chelonian Health and Disease: Elliott Jacobson, chair " Chelonians of China: Torsten Blanck, chair - presentations on both captive and field efforts " Community Ecology of Turtles: Daren Riedle, chair " Cuora: Ray Farrell, chair - presentations on both captive and field efforts " Florida Turtles: Conservation Challenges and Opportunities: George Heinrich, chair " Soft Shell Turtles: Peter Praschag, chair presentations on both captive and field efforts " Survey Methods for Terrestrial Turtles/Tortoises with workshop on field tools (GPS, PDA, Burrow Cams, etc.) and Line Distance Sampling demo: Lora Smith and Jonathon Stober, chairs " Turtle Farms and Facilities: Hans-Dieter Philippen, chair For more information, including the Call for Papers, visit the conference page on the TSA website.
Conference sessions will focus on traditional meeting topics, such as gopher tortoise ecology, commensal species ecology, and upland habitat conservation efforts. On Saturday afternoon, we will remember a gopher tortoise conservation pioneer. REGISTRATION INFORMATION AVAILABLE HERE: ABSTRACT SUBMISSION HERE: THIRTY FIRST INTERNATIONAL SEA TURTLE SYMPOSIUM The 31st International Sea Turtle Symposium will be held at the Town and Country Resort and Convention Center in San Diego on 12-15 April 2011. Please visit the 31st Sea
Turtle Symposium for more information. WORLD CONGRESS OF HERPETOLOGY The next World Congress of Herpetology will be held 8-14 August 2012 in Vancouver, Canada. The Scientific Program Committee is inviting proposals for symposia for the congress. Please visit the World Congress of Herpetology for more information.
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