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The 16th meeting of the Conference of the Parties in Bangkok,Thailand March 3-14 2013. "In order to conserve and protect turtle species in Asia, the United States has joined with China and Viet Nam to propose increased CITES protection for a number of Asian softshell and hardshell turtle species. These proposals include new additions to the Appendices, as well as “uplisting†species from Appendix II to Appendix I. There is a proposal to transfer the Burmese star tortoise (Geochelone platynota): from Appendix II to Appendix I. Here is the link that gives more details. http://www.fws.gov/international/cites/cop16/turtles-and-tortoises.html Everyone that is trying to see that this tortoise survives keep up the good fight.