December 19, 2017 by Sopheng Cheang
Conservationists have found a nest of the
endangered Asian giant softshell turtle on a Mekong River sandbar in
northeastern Cambodia, while 115 new species of various other animal and plant
life have been discovered in the greater Mekong region.
The New York-based Wildlife Conservation
Society said Tuesday that a nest of
Asian giant softshell turtles was found on the Mekong between Kratie and Stung
Treng provinces by conservationists from Cambodia's fisheries administration,
the WCS and local communities. It said it was the first spotting of such a nest
so far this season.
It said the area is the only remaining
location in Cambodia where the huge turtles still breed.
The Asian giant softshell turtle has been
listed as globally endangered. It was thought to be extinct in the Cambodian
portion of the Mekong River until conservationists rediscovered the turtles in 2007 along a 48-kilometer (30-mile) stretch of the river
between Kratie and Stung Treng provinces.
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