Jayapura, Papua, Oct. 30 -- The Papua Natural Resources Conservation Agency (BBKSDA), in partnership with WWF Indonesia, is drawing up a comprehensive conservation strategy to restore the population of the endangered pig-nosed turtle ( Carettochelys insculpta ) in southern Papua.

A forest ecosystem conservation officer at BBKSDA Papua, Fikri Al-Mubarok, said here on Friday that a formal Conservation Strategy and Action Plan (SRAK) is needed to ensure that efforts to protect and restore the turtle population are well directed, measurable, and sustainable.

"On Thursday (Oct 29), we held a focus group discussion with WWF, indigenous communities, academics, researchers, and other key stakeholders to design a protection and recovery roadmap ...