MTSG Members - The following white paper, "Marine turtles and IUCN Red Listing: a review of the process, the pitfalls, and novel assessment approaches" by Jeffrey Seminoff and Kartik Shanker is now available for review (.PDF file, 844 KB). This white paper presents a thorough and cogent overview of many of the issues and ways to progress the Red List process for marine turtles.
The MTSG Assessment Steering Committee (ASC) invites comment and debate over the next 2 months (until December 15) on the many important issues raised in this white paper. The ASC will then review all comments and prepare a policy position for MTSG consideration on the key issues raised in the white paper.
Members can direct any comments to Milani Chaloupka (m.chaloupka@uq.edu.au), the MTSG's Red List Focal Point, or to the authors directly (Jeffrey.Seminoff@noaa.gov, kshanker@ces.iisc.ernet.in).
If you have any trouble accessing the assessment files, please contact Brian Hutchinson, MTSG Program Officer, at b.hutchinson@conservation.org .
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Lepidochelys olivacea Assessment update: In September 2007, the IUCN Standards and Petitions Working Group officially accepted the MTSG's proposed listing of the olive ridley sea turtle, Lepidochelys olivacea, as Vulnerable (A2bd). For more information on this ruling, please click here to download the official notification from IUCN. (43 KB .PDF)
To see the final version of the Red List Assessment for Lepidochelys olivacea, submitted in May 2007, you may click here to view this PDF file (638 KB).
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Now Available: Summary of results from the MTSG's regional Red Listing survey, as presented in poster format at the 2007 MTSG Annual General Meeting in Myrtle Beach, SC, USA. Two versions of this poster, titled, "Developing strategies for global and regional sea turtle status assessments: perspectives from the MTSG membership", are available for download:
Click here to view the expanded summary of results (79 KB)
Click here to view the truncated summary of results (79 KB)
Many thanks to Jeff Seminoff for his work in conducting this survey and preparing the results.
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For past assessment documents and supplementary readings please visit this page. |
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