Session 33: Assessing the Risk of Turtle Extinction in the Pacific to Inform Regional Conservation Approaches

Abstract

Jamie Daves will introduce the PEUMP Programme and the By-catch and Integrated Ecosystem Management (BIEM) Initiative before introducing DR. Pilcher.After his presentation he will be joined by a panel of experts to secure their views on how the assessment can be improved and used to ensure that the assessment provides a strong foundation to strengthen national and regional conservation and management efforts to reduce extinction risk of these iconic species. This will be followed by a short Q&A session with D. Pilcher and panel members who will represent the Pacific government agency, national turtle monitoring network, turtle harvesting and sales researcher the Pacific Community (SPC) and National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)