Hawksbill Turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata)

I. Background

1. Hawksbill Turtles in the Caribbean Region: Basic Biological Characteristics and Population Status * (IUCN)
2. Status of trade in Hawksbill turtles (TRAFFIC)
3. Multilateral agreements for the conservation of hawksbill turtles
4. Ranching and captive breeding

II. CITES hawksbill turtle dialogue meeting

First meeting (15-17 May 2001, Mexico City)

• Agenda
• Working groups summary report
• Final daily summaries
• Final communiqué
• List of participants
• National Reports (all in PDF format)
  

  Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Haiti, Mexico, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Panama,
  Puerto Rico, Saint Lucia (PowerPoint version), United Kingdom, United States

Second meeting (21-23 May 2002, Cayman Islands)

• Agenda and documents
• Communiqué
• List of participants

III. Data sharing facility

IV. Sub-group meetings

• 24 August 2001, Geneva
• 24 October 2001, Geneva
• 9 April 2002, Geneva

*	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” .