On May 23, 2020, World Turtle Day, a number of conservation firms launched a citizen science effort, a mobile-based application called KURMA, focused on turtle preservation.
The application, developed by the Indian Turtle Conservation Action Network (ITCAN) in collaboration with the Turtle Survival Alliance-India and Wildlife Conservation Society-India, not only provides users a database to recognize a species however likewise supplies the area of the nearest rescue centre for turtles across the country.
” The KURMA App is free to download. It serves as a digital database, with a built-in digital guidebook covering 29 types of freshwater turtles and tortoises of India, and info on turtle identificati