By Max Treviño Chelonia mydas (Green Turtle)
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By Max Treviño
Chelonia mydas(Green Turtle)
The green turtle is on the IUCN
red list as endangered
seaturtlenet.com
*Threats
Coastal Construction
Fishnet Caused Drowning
*Threats Continued…
*Conservation Efforts
I am listed on Appendix I of
CITES (Convention on International
Trade in Endangered
Species
Appendix I: All commercial trade is banned, but non-
commercial trade is allowed (species threatened with
extinction)
*Efforts Cont. Annex II of the SPAW
Protocol to the Cartagena Convention (a protocol concerning
specially protected areas and wildlife)
Appendices I and II of the
Convention on Migratory Species
(CMS)
*Conservation Effectiveness
IUCN
The lack of effective
monitoring of fisheries allows
allows substantial direct
and indirect mortality
Development of coastal and marine habitats threatens
to destroy the ecosystems of green turtles
Locations of sea turtles around the world
*Bibliography
*Seminoff, J.A. 2004. Chelonia mydas. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 30 November 2011.
*UNEP-WCMC. 30 November, 2011. UNEP-WCMC Species Database: CITES-Listed Species
*On the World Wide Web : http://www.unep-wcmc-apps.org/isdb/CITES/Taxonomy/tax-species-result.cfm/isdb/CITES/Taxonomy/tax-species-result.cfm?displaylanguage=eng&Genus=Chelonia&Species=mydas&source=animals&Country=&tabname=status
*Image Cites
*http://www.arkive.org
*http://animals.nationalgeographic.com
*http://marinebio.org
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