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TURTLESIN THE CORAL TRIANGLE

Long before humans appeared in the Coral Triangle, marine turtles were

already swimming the region's seas and laying eggs on its beaches. These

iconic species are not only crucial links in the Coral Triangle's ecosystems,

they also attract visitors from all around the world.

90%

Number of marine turtle

species that eitherforage, breed or nest inthe Coral Triangle6

7 

FlatbackNatator depressus

DATA DEFICIENT

CORAL TRIANGLEMARINE TURTLES &THEIR PROTECTIONSTATUS

Nestingon beach

Hatchlings

Lost Years( 5-20 years )

Developmentalmigration

( 5-20 years )

Coastal shallow  water foraging( immature andadult turtles )

 Adult migrate tomating areas

Breedingmigration

(2 - 8 years)adults return

to foraging areas

Mating areas( shallow waters )

MARINE TURTLE LIFE-CYCLE

Number of leatherbacksnesting in the same

location in 2000

Number of leatherbacks nesting

per year in the late 1960s in

Terengganu, Malaysia

OVER 3000

0

Distance travelled by a female leatherbackover the course of trans-Pacific migrationfrom Jamursba Medi Beach (or Bird’shead peninsula, Papua in Indonesia) tothe northwest coast of USA 

Number of turtles caught each

year as bycatch by Indonesian

longline vessels only

Green turtleChelonia mydas

ENDANGERED

Olive ridleyLepdochelys olivacea

 VULNERABLE

LoggerheadCaretta caretta

ENDANGERED

HawksbillEretmochelys imbricata

CRITICALLY

ENDANGERED

LeatherbackDermochelys coriacea

CRITICALLY

ENDANGERED

Illegal trade and direct consumption(meat, eggs, shell, leather, curios)

 Bycatch (trawlers, longlines, gill nets)

Habitat destruction and alteration(coastal tourism, industrial development)

Pollution

Disease

Climate change

Deadly threats atevery life stage

 © 1986 Panda symbol WWF ® "WWF" is a WWF Registered Trademark. More information, along with a downloadable version of this factsheet,

can be found at

Hawkes et al , 2007

Benson et al , 2007

Chaloupka et al , 2008

Research Centre For Capture Fisheries

Indonesia Ministry of Marine Affairs

and Fisheries (PRPT)

Dr Chan Eng Heng(basedon data from

theDepartmentofFisheries

ofMalaysia)

This life cycle is based on a green turtle life-cycle. Leatherback adults forage inopen seas as well as coastal areas, and some loggerheads may too.

Credits: Catalyze Sustainability Communications