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

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Baltimore : The Johns Hopkins University Press, (c)2012.; (Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, (c)2013).Description: 1 online resource (352 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781421406190
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • QL666 .C374 2012
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Contents:
Turning turtles on the Great Barrier Reef -- The turtle islands of Sarawak -- The gifted navigators -- The geography of turtle soup -- A turtle flap in London -- The buffalo of the sea -- Who will kill the last turtle? -- Red data for the green turtle -- Reptiles on the Red list -- You lost the turtle boat -- One man's opinion -- Down on the farm -- Conservation through commerce -- The best available science -- A global strategy -- 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.
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Online Book (LOGIN USING YOUR MY CIU LOGIN AND PASSWORD) Online Book (LOGIN USING YOUR MY CIU LOGIN AND PASSWORD) G. Allen Fleece Library ONLINE Non-fiction QL666.536 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Link to resource Available ocn855711024

Includes bibliographies and index.

From seafood to icon --Turtle kraals and canneries -- Turning turtles on the Great Barrier Reef -- The turtle islands of Sarawak -- The gifted navigators -- The geography of turtle soup -- A turtle flap in London -- The buffalo of the sea -- Who will kill the last turtle? -- Red data for the green turtle -- Reptiles on the Red list -- You lost the turtle boat -- One man's opinion -- Down on the farm -- Conservation through commerce -- The best available science -- A global strategy -- 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.

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