The case of the green turtle : an uncensored history of a conservation icon

The case of the green turtle : an uncensored history of a conservation icon / Alison Rieser.

Her study of this early conservation controversy will fascinate anyone who cares about sea turtles or the oceans in which they live.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rieser, Alison
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Baltimore : The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2012.
Subjects:
Carr, Archie, > 1909-1987.
Carr, Archie Fairly, > 1909-1987.
Carr, Archie, > 1909-1987
Sea turtles > Conservation > History.
NATURE > Animals > Fish.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Zoology > Ichthyology & Herpetology.
History
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Table of Contents:
  • From seafood to icon
  • Turtle kraals and canneries
  • Turning turtles on the Great Barrier Reef
  • The turtle islands of Sarawak
  • The gifted navigators
  • The geography of turtle soup
  • A turtle flap in London
  • The buffalo of the sea
  • Who will kill the last turtle?
  • Red data for the green turtle
  • Reptiles on the Red list
  • You lost the turtle boat
  • One man's opinion
  • Down on the farm
  • Conservation through commerce
  • The best available science
  • A global strategy
  • Supply and demand
  • Appendix A. The 1966 U.S. classification of Chelonia mydas as rare and endangered
  • Appendix B. IUCN principles and recommendations on commercial exploitation of sea turtles.

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