Satellite Tracking of Hawksbill Turtle in West Sumbawa, Indonesia (aggregated per 1-degree cell)

I Ratha

doi:10.15468/gu2bsx

Satellite Tracking of Hawksbill Turtle in West Sumbawa, Indonesia (aggregated per 1-degree cell)

Citation

Ratha I. 2021. Satellite Tracking of Hawksbill Turtle in West Sumbawa, Indonesia. Data downloaded from OBIS-SEAMAP (http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/447) on yyyy-mm-dd originated from Satellite Tracking and Analysis Tool (STAT; http://www.seaturtle.org/tracking/index.shtml?project_id=266). https://doi.org/10.15468/gu2bsx accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-05-16.

Description

Original provider: WWF Indonesia Dataset credits: Data provider Udayana University - WWF Joint Program Originating data center Satellite Tracking and Analysis Tool (STAT) Abstract: The beaches along the coast of South-West Sumbawa, historically had been known as significant nesting sites for at least three species of marine turtles, namely the Green turtle, Hawksbill, and the Olive Ridley turtle. Despite of the beauty and the intactness of the coastal areas, all species of turtle populations have undergone a dramatic decline due to massive eggs collection for local consumption. In the past, this area was also one of the traditional catching sites for turtle hunters who eventually sold them for Bali market.

This post-nesting turtle migration study is conducted by WWF Indonesia and WWF Denmark in collaboration with the Regional Nature Conservation Agency of West Nusa Tenggara and PT NNT (a mining company operates in this area), to raise awareness among the local community, local government, as well as private sectors in the area. The awareness is not only necessary to reverse the declining trend of turtle population, but also to turtleï¿½s resilience to the effects of climate change and give them the best possible chance of survival into the future by means of encouraging the locals to protect their known nesting and foraging habitats.

This project is part of a larger program build within the Coral Triangle Region to determine the migration routes of turtle population that is vital for establishing a network of turtle protected area.
Supplemental information: Visit STAT's project page for additional information. This dataset is a summarized representation of the telemetry locations aggregated per species per 1-degree cell.

Purpose

Not available

Sampling Description

Study Extent

NA

Sampling

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Method steps

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Additional info

marine, harvested by iOBIS

Taxonomic Coverages

Scientific names are based on the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Eretmochelys imbricata
common name: Hawksbill Sea Turtle rank: species

Geographic Coverages

Oceans

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

I Ratha
originator
position: Primary contact
Udayana University - WWF Joint Program
email: jayaratha@gmail.com

OBIS-SEAMAP
metadata author
Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab, Duke University
A328 LSRC building
Durham
27708
NC
US
email: seamap-contact@duke.edu
homepage: http://seamap.env.duke.edu

OBIS-SEAMAP
distributor
Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab, Duke University
A328 LSRC building
Durham
27708
NC
US
email: seamap-contact@duke.edu
homepage: http://seamap.env.duke.edu

I Ratha
owner
position: Primary contact
Udayana University - WWF Joint Program
email: jayaratha@gmail.com

Satellite Tracking and Analysis Tool
originator
seaturtle.org
email: mcoyne@seaturtle.org
homepage: http://www.seaturtle.org/tracking/

I Ratha
administrative point of contact
position: Primary contact
Udayana University - WWF Joint Program
email: jayaratha@gmail.com