The Case of the Green Turtle : An Uncensored History of a Conservation Icon.

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 -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.

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

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