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Tracking on Green sea turtle in South Misol, Raja Ampat-Papua, Indonesia

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Description
Dataset credit: Udayana University - WWF Joint Program. This project is part of the larger program entitled "Tracking and genetic analysis of sea turtles in the eastern part of Indonesia". The purpose is to identify post nesting migration of Olive, green and hawksbill turtles, as well as raising awareness of the locals to support turtle conservation in the region. Udayana University has been involved in sea turtle conservation in Indonesia since early 1990s. WWF Indonesia is the leading non-government organization in the country who is committed to focus on sea turtle conservation in all aspects of turtle issues, i.e. habitat protection, trade reduction, and bycatch mitigation.

Scope
Themes:
Biology > Reptiles
Keywords:
Marine/Coastal, I, Pacific, Chelonia mydas (Linnaeus, 1758)

Geographical coverage
I, Pacific [Marine Regions]

Temporal coverage
11 May 2009 - 25 August 2009

Taxonomic coverage
Chelonia mydas (Linnaeus, 1758) [WoRMS]

Contributors
Udayana University, moredata owner
World Wide Fund for Nature; WWF - Indonesia, moredata owner

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Published in:
OBIS-SEAMAP: Spatial Ecological Analysis of Megavertebrate Populations, more

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Dataset status: Completed
Data type: Data
Data origin: Research
Metadatarecord created: 2012-11-27
Information last updated: 2012-11-27
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