The Tortoise 10 (Volume 3, Number 2)

New York 2021, Jahresschrift der Turtle Conservancy; kt., 124 Seit., Farbfotos. Ten years ago, when we published the first issue of The Tortoise, the vision was clear—the magazine was not going to be another scientific journal. That’s where storytelling comes in. The stories in this issue take us around the globe and look at conservation through diverse lenses. As we emerge from the pandemic year, Andrew J. Wight delves into the effects of COVID-19 on illegal tortoise trafficking in Colombia, and Tetsuji Ida reports on the precarious state of native turtles in Japan. We meet contemporary artist Alexis Rockman, whose radiant paintings illuminate hu-man entanglements with the natural world, and Tomas Diagne, a Senegalese conservationist who forged his ca-reer at a time when African herpetologists were rare. Different stories and different perspectives, all designed to celebrate Chelonians and their unique niche in our world.