1. By Max Treviño

2. The green turtle is
on the IUCN red
list as endangered
seaturtlenet.com

3. *
Coastal
Construction
Fishnet Caused
Drowning

4. *

5. *
I am listed on
Appendix I of CITES
(Convention on
International Trade
in Endangered
Species
Appendix I: All commercial
trade is banned, but non-
commercial trade is allowed
(species threatened with
extinction)

6. *
Annex II of the SPAW
Protocol to the Cartagena
Convention (a protocol
concerning specially
protected areas and
wildlife)
Appendices I and II
of the Convention
on Migratory
Species (CMS)

7. *
The lack of
effective
monitoring of
Development of
fisheries allows
coastal and marine
allows substantial
habitats threatens to
direct and indirect
destroy the
mortality
ecosystems of green
turtles
IUCN

8. Locations of sea turtles
around the world

9. *
* Seminoff, J.A. 2004. Chelonia mydas. In: IUCN
2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version
2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 30
November 2011.
* UNEP-WCMC. 30 November, 2011. UNEP-WCMC
Species Database: CITES-Listed Species
* On the World Wide Web : http://www.unep-wcmc-
apps.org/isdb/CITES/Taxonomy/tax-species-
result.cfm/isdb/CITES/Taxonomy/tax-species-
result.cfm?displaylanguage=eng&Genus=Chelonia&S
pecies=mydas&source=animals&Country=&tabname
=status

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* http://www.arkive.org
* http://animals.nationalgeographic.com
* http://marinebio.org