Invasive human activities combined with the effects of climate change are posing “serious” threats to the survival of turtles, both in Jordan and around the world, according to the Jordan Society for the Conservation of Turtles and Tortoises (JSCT). Jordan is home to two species of turtles listed on the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species, which are the Striped-necked terrapin (Mauremys caspica) and ...