Assessment of the Conservation Status of the Hawksbill Turtle in the Indian Ocean and South-East Asia Region

The assessment collated the following information on the conservation status of hawksbill turtles for each population or putative population throughout the IOSEA Region: 1) Ecological range and geographic spread of nesting and foraging sites; 2) Threats to hawksbill turtle populations; 3) Management and governance actions; 4) Biological data for breeding and foraging populations.

Information was sourced from scientific literature, grey literature, national reports from Signatory States to IOSEA, and experts within IOSEA's sub-regions (Western Indian Ocean, North-Western Indian Ocean, Northern Indian Ocean, and South-East Asia and Australia.