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