Sea Turtle Research and Conservation Lessons From Working In The Field
Coordonnateur : Nahill Brad
1. Sustainable Use of Sea Turtles Benefiting The Local Community in Rekawa Sanctuary, Sri Lanka
2. San Pancho Turtle Team
Part 2. Sea Turtle Field Research
3. Lessons From Three decades of Hawksbill Metal Tagging From Campeche, Mexico
4. Sea Turtle Population Health Assessments
5. Applications of Photo Identification in Sea Turtle Studies
6. Drones for Turtles
7. The Challenges of Maintaining A Hatchery in Rural Costa Rica
Part 3. Plastic & Sea Turtles
8. Green Phenix: Turning Waste Into Profit In Curacao
9. Plastics vs. Turtles: An overview of the Uruguayan Case
Part 4. Tourism and Sea Turtles
10. Working with the Tourism Industry to Support Conservation
11. The Evolution of the Spotters Program at Tortuguero National Park, Costa Rica
12. Working With Communities to Manage Nesting Beach
Part 5. The Trade In Sea Turtle Products
13. Illegal Take, Trade and Use of Sea Turtles in the South-West Indian Ocean
14. Busting Bekko: The Nexus Between Local and International Advocacy to End Japan’s Import of Tortoiseshell
15. Stopping illegal hawksbill trafficking in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia
16. SeaTurtle Bycatch: A Global Challenge That Requires Adaptive Solutions For The 21st Century
Part 6. Climate Change & Sea Turtles
17. Studying How Rapid Changes in Water Temperature Impact Sea Turtles
18. Understanding the Impacts that Projected Increases Will Have On Sea Turtle Reproductive Output
19. Natural History 2.0: The Power of Direct Experience in Understanding, Connecting with, and Conserving Nature in the Modern Age
Part 7. Resources & Bibliography
20. Fundraising For Sea Turtle Conversation
Field biologists, conservationists, marine biologists, herpetologists
generates financial and volunteer support for global sea turtle conservation projects. He has published
numerous articles on sea turtle conservation and conservation tourism and is also the co-author of the
Worldwide Guide to Sea Turtles (Texas A&M University Press). Brad Nahill serves as the Co-Chair for
the Wildlife Trafficking Alliance Tourism Committee, is on the Board of Directors for Sea Turtles Forever,
and formerly was the Awards Committee Chair for the International Sea Turtle Society. For his work to
protect sea turtles, Brad has received the World Travel & Tourism Council Changemakers Award, the
Skal Sustainable Tourism Award, and the President’s Award from the International Sea Turtle Society.
- Offers examples of groundbreaking technology to conduct noninvasive sea turtle research
- Written by global experts working in the field to study and protect sea turtle species
- Includes human-to-human case studies and advice for collaborating with cultures and communities to save these endangered animals
Date de parution : 11-2020
Ouvrage de 244 p.
15x22.8 cm
Thèmes de Sea Turtle Research and Conservation :
Mots-clés :
3D printer; Adaptive management; Animal behavior; Baseline health data; Bekko; Biological monitoring; Blood analysis; Boa Vista island; Buggy; Buoy; Bycatch; Cartagena de Indias; CITES; Citizen science; Cleanups; Colombia; Conservation; Conservation medicine; Corporate sponsors; Costa Rica; Curacao; Data; Datalogger; Direct observation; Drones; Ecotourism; Effluent; Embargo; Endangered; Endangered species; Enforcement; Epidemiology; Fisheries; Fundraising; Gillnet; Giving Tuesday; Government funding; Grant proposal; Green Phenix; Green turtles; Hatcheries; Hatchery; Hawksbill turtle; Hawksbills; Health assessment; HOBO; Illegal take; Individual donors; IUCN; Juveniles; Leatherback; Leave no trace; Loggerhead; Loggerhead turtle; Mexico; Mozambique; Natural history; Nature conservation; Nesting ground; Night vision; Noninvasive sampling; Ocean Spirits; Olive ridley; Pelagic; Photo identification; Plastic pollution; Plastic waste; Poachers; Poaching; Population health management; Population studies; Power plant; Private foundation; Raccoons; Regulation; Rekawa; Reproductive ecology; School fundraising; Sea turtle; Sea turtle research; Sea turtle tourism; Sea turtles; Sex ratio; Small-scale fishers; Social media and fundraising; Southwest Indian Ocean; Spatial connectivity; Student travel; Temperature; Temperature monitoring; The three Rs; Thermoregulation; Tortoiseshell; Tortuguero; Tourism impacts; Traffic; Turtle; Turtle tourism; Turtle watching; Turtles