Posted on 15 June 2023

The Assessment of the Conservation Status of the Hawksbill Turtle in the Western Pacific Ocean Region is only the second CMS scientific assessment focusing on this species.

It follows the Assessment of the Conservation Status of the Hawksbill Turtle in the Indian Ocean and South-East Asia Region, published in March 2022 under the leadership of the Advisory Committee of the Memorandum of Understanding on the Conservation and Management of Marine Turtles and their Habitats of the Indian Ocean and South-East Asia (IOSEA Marine Turtle MOU).
 
The CMS Secretariat engaged a team of experts to review the status of hawksbill turtles in the western Pacific Ocean region, led by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) and the University of the Sunshine Coast.

This information will support Pacific countries and territories in implementing objectives of the Single Species Action Plan (SSAP) for Hawksbill Turtle in South-East Asia and the Western Pacific Ocean Region as well as the updated Regional Marine Species Action Plans 2022-2026 (SPREP, 2022), specifically the Marine Turtle Action Plan.