MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING ON THE CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT OF MARINE TURTLES

Improve enforcement of national legislation on Take and Sigs, High High High Low High • see also #63 exploitation of turtles: Trade, CITES a) identify and articulate actual resource needs and Cooperation raise funds to increase human and material resources, b) build field-level capacity at national and regional levels, and c) identify weaknesses in the judicial process and address these 28. [...] Promote high profile events such as World Sea Turtle Outreach Sigs, High High High High High • Major event Day for the purpose, inter alia, of raising public and and AC, held in June political awareness of turtle conservation and IOSEA’s Communica Sec, 2021 role. [...] Cooperate with CMS in the joint development of a draft Take and Sigs, Medium Med - High - • SSAP Single Species Action Plan (SSAP) for the Trade, AC, -High adopted in conservation of the Hawksbill Turtle to address the Cooperation Sec June 2022 trade, use and other threats to the conservation of , Species: and by CMS hawksbill turtles in South-east Asia, and the adjacent Hawksbill COP14; sign- wes. [...] Request RFMOs to gather information and report on Stakeholder Sigs, High High High High High • Topic under the occurrence, distribution and take of marine turtles Engagemen AC, discussion in oceanic areas. [...] Review, comment, and provide guidance on advances Evaluation AC, High High Med High High • Regular and new and emerging issues related to species and MTTF discussions of habitat management.