Studbook keepers day March 28 2015

• 03-09-2014
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Announcement : The next STUDBOOK KEEPERS DAY, will take place MARCH 28, 2015

Location :

Milieu Educatief Centrum (MEC)
Geinoord 9
3432 PE Nieuwegein
Netherlands

Interview with Evert Henningheim

• 24-02-2014
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In each ESF-newsletter we will interview either a passionate individual or an employee of an organisation that is connected to ESF. In this newsletter we would like to introduce Evert Henningheim.

Evert has a green iguana ( Iguana iguana )...

Geoclemys hamiltoni placing

• 10-11-2013
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Dear Geoclemys hamiltoni studbook participants and interested parties,

In Asia, a total of 330 Geoclemys hamiltonii are confiscated, which will be offered in ownership by the Turtle Survival Alliance Europe (TSA-E...

A talk with Victor Loehr

• 13-09-2013
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A talk with: Victor Loehr

Every Newsletter we would like to interview someone who, from personal conviction or professionally has made an important contribution in promoting the keeping of reptiles and/or amphibians. For this second Newsle...

The ESF in the future

• 07-10-2012
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In the survey of September 2012 the Board asked all 61 (co) studbook keepers two questions.
In total 38 reactions were received with very clear opinions and constructive proposals.

The first question was : Do you think that the ESF n...

ESF and EAZA signed Memorandum of Understanding

• 23-09-2012
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Sunday, September 23 2012 Article Archive

The ESF and the European Association of Zoos and Aquaria (EAZA) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), jointly working towards sustainable amphibian and reptile populations in...

Voorwaarden genetischonderzoek

• 30-05-2012
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In een verzoek tot het financieren van genetisch onderzoek moet tenminste de beantwoording van de volgende vragen worden opgenomen.

1. Waarom is genetisch onderzoek voor deze soort noodzakelijk?
2. Heeft er al een vergelijkbaar genet...

CROCODILE LIZARDS to Helsinki Zoo, Finland

• 17-05-2012
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On Tuesday August 2nd 2011 a group of 3 Chinese crocodile lizards (Shinisaurus crocodilurus) flew from the Netherlands to Finland as part of the studbook breeding program coordinated by the European Studbook Foundation.

The Chinese crocodi...

ESF activiteiten voorlichting op voorjaarslanddag

• 01-04-2012
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De Nederlands-Belgische Schildpadden Vereniging (NBSV) (http://www.trionyx.nl/ en http://www.trionyx.be/ ) houdt op zaterdag 21 april 2012 haar jaarlijkse Voorjaarslanddag.<...

Crocodile liards (Shinisaurus crocodilurus) move to Helsinki Zoo

• 02-08-2011
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On Tuesday August 2nd 2011 a group of 3 Chinese crocodile liards (Shinisaurus crocodilurus) flew from the Netherlands to Finland as part of the studbook breeding program coordinated by the European Studbook Foundation.

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RADIATED TORTOISES (ASTROCHELYS RADIATA) at a critical crossroads

• 16-01-2011
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TSA News. By Brian Horne on March 18, 2010 Brian Horne is a post-doc turtle biologist. He serves as Vice-Chair of the TSA's Field Conservation Committee and serves on the TSA Advisory Committee.

Shortly after arriving in the small town of ...

New studbook keepers for the Mantella studbook

• 16-01-2011
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The ESF is very pleased with the new studbook keeper Marcus Wilder and the new co-studbook keeper Ruth Merrick for the studbook Mantella. This important studbook for the interesting poison frogs of Madagascar will make a new start.

The tax...

New Shinisaurus crocodilurus studbook keeper

• 16-01-2011
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The Chinese crocodile lizard (Shinisaurus crocodilurus) is an extremely rare monotypic lizard species which is found in the Guanxi and Guangdong provinces in the south of China and, as more recent studies indicate, in the Quang Ninh province in th...

IUCN classification of 4 Ctenosaura species

• 16-01-2011
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At the next CITES meeting in Qatar spring 2010 Honduras and Guatemala will propose inclusion of Ctenosaura melanosterna, C. bakeri, C. oedirhina and C. palearis in CITES Appendix 2.
IUCN supports the proposals of Honduras and Guatemala.
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De toekomst van de stekelaardschildpad (Heosemys spinosa) in gevaar door de palmolie-industrie op Borneo

• 16-01-2011
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Sunday, January 16 2011 Article Archive

Palmolie is hot. Naast sojaproductie wordt palmolie de laatste jaren steeds vaker gebruikt in tal van producten variërend van wasmiddelen tot levensmiddelen (chips en margarine).

Met een in ...