The case of the green turtle : an uncensored history of a conservation icon / Alison Rieser.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rieser, Alison.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sea turtles--Conservation--History.

Sea turtles.

Carr, Archie, 1909-1987.

Carr, Archie.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (353 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Her study of this early conservation controversy will fascinate anyone who cares about sea turtles or the oceans in which they live.

Contents:

Cover

Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

INTRODUCTION: From Seafood to Icon

CHAPTER 1 Turtle Kraals and Canneries

CHAPTER 2 Turning Turtles on the Great Barrier Reef

CHAPTER 3 The Turtle Islands of Sarawak

CHAPTER 4 The Gifted Navigators

CHAPTER 5 The Geography of Turtle Soup

CHAPTER 6 A Turtle Flap in London

CHAPTER 7 The Buffalo of the Sea

CHAPTER 8 Who Will Kill the Last Turtle?

CHAPTER 9 Red Data for the Green Turtle

CHAPTER 10 Reptiles on the Red List

CHAPTER 11 You Lost the Turtle Boat

CHAPTER 12 One Man's Opinion

CHAPTER 13 Down on the Farm

CHAPTER 14 Conservation through Commerce

CHAPTER 15 The Best Available Science

CHAPTER 16 A Global Strategy

EPILOGUE: Supply and Demand

Appendix A. The 1966 U.S. Classification of Chelonia mydas as Rare and Endangered

Appendix B. IUCN Principles and Recommendations on Commercial Exploitation of Sea Turtles

Notes

Bibliography

Index

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Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 315-328) and index.

ISBN:

1-4214-0619-5

OCLC:

813210685