History of turtle exploitation and management techniques to conserve turtles in the Rio Negro Basin of the Brazilian Amazon

Larissa Schneider; Camila R. Ferrara; Richard C. Vogt; Joanna Burger

doi:10.2744/CCB-0848.1

History of turtle exploitation and management techniques to conserve turtles in the Rio Negro Basin of the Brazilian Amazon

Larissa Schneider, Camila R. Ferrara, Richard C. Vogt, Joanna Burger

School of Arts and Sciences, Center for Collaborative Neuroscience

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Abstract

Although turtles are well protected by laws in Brazil, the laws are not enforced in some places and ignored in others. Based on 15 years of work in the Rio Negro Basin, we describe the history of turtle exploitation in this region, comment on their current conservation status, and suggest practical conservation alternatives that are necessary to preserve stable populations.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	149-157
Number of pages	9
Journal	Chelonian Conservation and Biology
Volume	10
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2744/CCB-0848.1
State	Published - Jul 2011

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Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Animal Science and Zoology

Keywords

Amazon
Brazil
Podocnemididae
Podocnemis
Reptilia
Testudines
conservation
exploitation
freshwater turtles
management

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