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World’s first Trans-Boundary Marine Park between Sabah, Malaysia and the Philippines.

Introduction to the Turtle Island Heritage Protected Area (TIHPA)


History in the Development Of The Sabah - Philippines TIHPA


Management Objectives of the TIHPA


Institutional arrangements


Key Initiatives


Educational Goals Initiative Marked For Critical Funding


Research Objectives and Strategies


Economic Opportunities


Expected Deliverables

 

News Around the Region

Sharp decline in Turtle population


Turning to a Turtle Haven

 

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2nd ASEAN Symposium and Workshop on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation

ABSTRACTS FROM THE SYMPOSIUM

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Session 1 Management and Conservation
Session 2 Nesting and Foraging Populations
Session 3 Beyond the Beach....
Session 4 On the Beach
Session 5 Research and Conservation Tools
Session 6 TEDs: The Road Ahead

Session 1: Management and Conservation
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Colin J. Limpus

Title of Presentation

Tagging-recapture and demographic studies in marine turtle foraging areas: high priority conservation tools

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Andrew McNee

Title of Presentation

Regional approaches to the conservation of marine turtles: Why, what and how?

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K. Ibrahim, K.H.W. Phang & A.R. Kassim

Title of Presentation

Current status of marine turtle conservation in Peninsular Malaysia.

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Thusan Kaparusinghe

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Community participation in turtle conservation in Sri Lanka.

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Saif Al-Ghais

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Sea turtle conservation in the United Arab Emirates

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Fehmida Firdous

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Sea Turtle Conservation and Education Programme In Karachi-Pakistan

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Saiful Alam Paiker

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Sea turtle conservation issues, nesting beach ownership and their conflict at Nirikel Jijira (St. Martin’s Island) Bangladesh

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Alexis Suarez

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Preliminary data on sea turtle harvest in the Kai Archipelago, Indonesia.

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S.K.Patnaik & C.S.Kar

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Status and conservation of sea turtles in Orissa, India

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Rashiduzzaman Ahmed, Anisuzzaman Khan, Ainun Nishat

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Development of community-based marine turtle conservation and management programme in Bangladesh.

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Michael Salmon, Blair E. Witherington & Christopher D. Elvidge

Title of Presentation

Artificial Lighting and the Recovery of Sea Turtles

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Session 2: Nesting and Foraging Populations
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Damien Broderick

Title of Presentation

Inferring past and present population dynamic history of marine turtle populations in the Indo-Pacific using genetic data and implications for management. 

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I-Jiunn Cheng

Title of Presentation

Sea turtles at Pratas Islands and Taipin Dao, Spratley Islands, South China Sea.

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Scott Whiting, Michael Guinea and Des Pike

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Ashmore Reef - Critical foraging habitat for sea turtles in the eastern Indian Ocean.

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Lemnuel Aragones

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The role of the green turtle in the seagrass ecosystems.

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Michael Guinea, Scott Whiting and Des Pike

Title of Presentation

Sea turtle nesting in the Australian territory of Ashmore and Cartier Islands, Eastern Indian Ocean.

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R.I.T Prince

Title of Presentation

The Western Australian marine Turtle Project: Review 1993 - 1999.

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Mark Hamann, Colin Limpus and Joan Whittier

Title of Presentation

The green turtle (Chelonia mydas): Nesting trends from Heron Island, Southern Queensland, Australia.

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Hiroyuki Suganuma, Akil Yusuf, Shinichi Tanaka, Naoki Kamezaki 

Title of Presentation

Serious declines of nesting populations of the hawksbill turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) in the Java Sea, Indonesia.

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Choudhury, S.C. Sharma and S.K. Mukherjee

Title of Presentation

The Sea-Turtle Conservation Agenda of India

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Kiki Dethmers

Title of Presentation

The need for co-operation in the conservation of SE Aru turtles.

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Session 3: Beyond the Beach....
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Jeanette Wyneken

Title of Presentation

The migratory behaviour of hatchling sea turtles beyond the beach. Keynote Address

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Peter Bennet and Ursula Keuper-Bennet

Title of Presentation

Photographic evidence for the regression of fibropapillomas afflicting green turtles at Honokowai, Maui, in the Hawaiian Islands"

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Kellie Pendoley

Title of Presentation

The influence of gas flares on the orientation of green turtle hatchlings at Thevenard island, Western Australia.

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Emma Gyuris

Title of Presentation

Is bigger better? The relationship between size and survivorship in sea turtle hatchlings.

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Samuel Sadove

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Leatherback turtles, reptilian marine mammals: a way of understanding their non-nesting ecology.

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Jeffrey Polovina, Donald Kobayashi, Denise Ellis, Michael Saki and George Balazs

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Turtles on the edge: Movement of loggerhead turtles (Caretta caretta) along oceanic fronts in the central North Pacific, 1997-1998.

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Jeanne Mortimer

Title of Presentation

Post-nesting migrations of Hawksbill turtles in the granitic Seychelles: Implications for Conservation.

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Nicolas J. Pilcher, Simon Enderby, Thomas Stringell & Lynne Bateman

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Nearshore Turtle Hatching Distribution and Predation

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Osamu Abe, Yoshitake Takada, Takuro Shibuno, Kazumasa Hashimoto, Hisakazu Ishii & yuji Funakura

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Swimming Behaviour of Green Turtle Hatchlings in a Lagoon Of Ishigaki Island, Southwestern Japan

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Session 4: On the Beach
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Michael Salmon and Blair Witherington

Title of Presentation

Conservation and management of sea turtle rookeries on urban beaches.

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BG Prusty,RK Shaoo, and SD Mehta

Title of Presentation

Olive Ridley's Mass Exodus from Ekakulanasi, Orissa, India - A need for identification of alternate sites.

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Sean Blamires & Michael Guinea

Title of Presentation

The influence of temperature on egg mortality, emergence success and hatchling sex ratio for flatback sea turtles (Natator depressus) at Fog Bay, Northern Territory, Australia.

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Pushpalatha M. Palaniappan, Patrick Andau @ Mahedi & Wayne Pederoso

Title of Presentation

Effects of tropical storm Hilda on sea turtles in Sipadan.

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Sansareeya Wangkulangkul, Kumthorn Thirakupt & Supot Chantrapornsyl

Title of Presentation

Comparative study on eggshell morphology of wild and captive Olive Ridley turtles Lepidochelys olivacea.

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Clint Tiwol

Title of Presentation

Sex ratios of hatchlings of the green turtles, Chelonia mydas, in situ, in open beach hatchery, and in experimental roofing sheltered-hatchery at the Turtle Islands Park, Sabah, Malaysia

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K. Ibrahim, J.M. Whittier, C.J. Limpus and H. McCallum

Title of Presentation

Artificial shade affects sand temperature, incubation parameters and hatchling characteristics in green turtles, Chelonia mydas: A potential manipulative technique in hatchling production management.

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Kamal D. Amarasooriya

Title of Presentation

Classification of the Sea Turtles Nesting Beaches of Southern Sri Lanka

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Session 5: Research and Conservation Tool
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Akil Yusuf, Shinichi Tanaka, Sofyan Hamid,Naoki Kamezaki, and Hiroyuki Suganuma

Title of Presentation

Recent Conservation of Sea Turtles in Java Sea, Indonesia

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Rod Kennett

Title of Presentation

Tracking Miyapunu: Satellite tracking of sea turtles in the gulf of Carpentaria, Northern Territory, Australia.

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Peter Dutton

Title of Presentation

Molecular ecology of leatherback turtles in the Pacific.

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William Gibbons-Fly

Title of Presentation

The Inter-American convention for the conservation and protection of sea turtles.

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Mark Armstrong, Katrina Maguire & Julie Robins

Title of Presentation

Recovery planning in Australia: Benefits of a cooperative approach.

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Jack Frazier 

Title of Presentation

Building Support for Regional Sea Turtle Conservation in ASEAN and the Asian Region: Learning from The Inter-American Convention for the Protection and Conservation of Sea Turtles

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Jose Angelito M. Palma, Felimon G. Romeo & Romeo B. Trono

Title of Presentation

Updates on the Implementation of An Integrated Conservation and Development Programme in the Philippine Turtle Islands

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Session 6: TEDs: The Road Ahead
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Peter Fugazzotto

Title of Presentation

TEDs: Good for sea turtles, good for people, and good for business.

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Chitta Behera

Title of Presentation

Mass mortality of Olive Ridleys along the Orissa coast, India: factors and possible remedies.

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Charles Oravetz

Title of Presentation

Development of turtle excluder device (TEDs) and their potential applicability to ASEAN nations.

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Sali Jayne Bache

Title of Presentation

International bycatch policy: Impacts and lessons for the South-East Asian nations.

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Bundit Chokesanguan

Title of Presentation

Review of the Implementation and Use of TEDs and Current Research in Southeast Asia

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Douglas Hykle

Title of Presentation

The Convention on Migratory Species and Marine Turtle Conservation

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