Second CITES wider Caribbean hawksbill turtle dialogue meeting

Grand Cayman (Cayman Islands), 21–23 May 2002

Agenda and documents

No.	Agenda	Document No.	Document
1.	Opening/Introduction (including an overview of the dialogue process and progress to date) (Secretariat)	no document
2.	Adoption of the agenda – Agenda	HT2 Doc. 2 (Rev.1)
3.	Update on population status of marine turtles in the wider Caribbean region (IUCN/SSC/MTSG)
	– Basic biological characteristics of Hawksbill Turtles: the importance of overlapping scales (Annex)	Replaced by a consolidated and revised document prepared by IUCN	*
	– Global status review of the Hawksbill Turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata), with an emphasis on the wider Caribbean sea (Addendum)		*
4.	Update on population monitoring work in 2001 and inventory of national monitoring programmes (countries)	no document
5.	Update on trade in marine turtles in the wider Caribbean region (TRAFFIC)	no document
6.	Update on CITES legislation (countries, where applicable)	no document
7.	Update on progress on the 'Data Sharing Project' (UNEP-WCMC)	HT2 Doc. 7
8.	Report to the range States on the development of hawksbill (Eretmochelys imbricata) population monitoring protocols for the Wider Caribbean (Working group on the development of standardized population monitoring protocols and the identification of index sites)	HT2 Doc. 8
9.	Hawksbill turtle trade – Use monitoring in the Caribbean Considerations for future actions on a regional level (TRAFFIC)	HT2 Doc. 9
10.	Discussion of CITES CoP12 issues concerning Hawksbill turtles of the region – Presentation on the Cuban proposal	HT2 Doc. 10
11.	Review and approval of the communiqué	no document
12.	Any other business	no document
13.	Closure of the meeting	no document

*	It is recommended that this document be cited as “IUCN. 2002. Hawksbill Turtles in the Caribbean Region: Basic Biological Characteristics and Population Status. CITES Wider Caribbean Range State Hawksbill Turtle Dialogue meetings. www.cites.org” .