Hawksbill turtle

] This endangered status continued all the way through several reassessments in 1986,cite book | author = IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre | authorlink =IUCN | title =1986 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals | publisher =IUCN | year =1986 | location =Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK ] 1988,cite book | author = IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre | authorlink =IUCN | title =1988 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals | publisher =IUCN | year =1988 | location =Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK ] 1990cite book| author = IUCN | authorlink =IUCN | title =1990 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals | publisher =IUCN | year =1990 | location =Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.] and 1994cite book | last =Groombridge | first =B. | authorlink = | title =1994 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals | publisher =IUCN | year =1994 | location =Gland, Switzerland] until it was upgraded in status to "critically endangered" in 1996 (see above).

The species (along with the entire family Cheloniidae) has been listed on Appendix I of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species.cite web| author=CITES | authorlink =CITES | title =Appendices | work = | publisher =Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna | date =2006-06-14 | url =http://www.cites.org/eng/app/appendices.shtml | format =SHTML | accessdate = 2007-02-05 ] It is illegal to import or export turtle products, kill, capture or harass hawksbill turtles.cite web| author=UNEP-WCMC| authorlink =UNEP-WCMC | title =Eretmochelys imbricata | work =UNEP-WCMC Species Database: CITES-Listed Species | publisher =United Nations Environment Programme - World Conservation Monitoring Centre | date = | url =http://sea.unep-wcmc.org/isdb/CITES/Taxonomy/tax-species-result.cfm?displaylanguage=eng&Genus=Eretmochelys&Species=imbricata&source=animals&Country=&tabname=all
id=A-301.003.003.001 | accessdate = 2007-02-05 ]

Local involvement in the conservation efforts for the species have also increased in the past few years. The United States Fish and Wildlife Service has classified the hawksbill turtle as endangered since 1970. The U.S. government has several recovery plans in place for protecting its populations of "E. imbricata".cite web | authorlink = | author = | title = Species Profile: Hawksbill sea turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) | work =USFWS Threatened and Endangered Species System (TESS) | publisher =United States Fish and Wildlife Service | date = 1970-06-02 | url =http://ecos.fws.gov/speciesProfile/SpeciesReport.do?spcode=C00E | accessdate = 2007-02-05 ]

Cultural References

The Hawksbill Turtle is depicted on the reverse side of the 20-Venezuelan bolívar and the 2-Brazilian Reais banknotes.

References

ee also

* "Chelonioidea". The sea turtle superfamily.
* "Caretta caretta". The loggerhead turtle.
* "Chelonia mydas". The green turtle.
* "Dermochelys coriacea". The leatherback turtle.
* "Lepidochelys kempii". The Kemp's Ridley turtle.
* "Lepidochelys olivacea". The olive ridley turtle.
* "Natator depressus". The flatback turtle.

External links

* [http://research.myfwc.com/features/category_main.asp?id=1289 Florida Sea Turtle information] Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission [http://research.myfwc.com/ Fish and Wildlife Research Institute]
* [http://wwfmalaysia.org/turtles WWF-Malaysia's Hawksbill Turtles Satellite Telemetry Website] WWF-Malaysia's website featuring the journey of two satellite tracked hawksbill turtles and other information about hawksbill turtles in the region of Malacca, Malaysia.
* [http://www.seaturtle.org/ Seaturtle.org] Home to sea turtle conservation efforts such as the Marine Turtle Research Group and publisher of the Marine Turtle Newsletter.