1.

Opening/Introduction (including an overview of the dialogue process and progress to date) (Secretariat)

no document

2.

Adoption of the agenda
– Agenda

3.

– Basic biological characteristics of Hawksbill Turtles: the importance of overlapping scales (Annex)

– 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