articlePLoS ONESep 28, 2011GOLD OA

Global Conservation Priorities for Marine Turtles

International Union for Conservation of Nature (Bangladesh) · Conservation International · +38 more institutions

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Abstract

Where conservation resources are limited and conservation targets are diverse, robust yet flexible priority-setting frameworks are vital. Priority-setting is especially important for geographically widespread species with distinct populations subject to multiple threats that operate on different spatial and temporal scales. Marine turtles are widely distributed and exhibit intra-specific variations in population sizes and trends, as well as reproduction and morphology. However, current global extinction risk assessment frameworks do not assess conservation status of spatially and biologically distinct marine turtle Regional Management Units (RMUs), and thus do not capture variations in population trends,…

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Keywords
  • Marine conservation
  • Environmental resource management
  • Endangered species
  • Turtle (robot)
  • Population
  • Conservation status
  • Population viability analysis
  • Critically endangered
UN Sustainable Development Goals
  • Life below water
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