Updated Global Conservation Status and Priorities for Marine Turtles

Assessing conservation status and pursuing applicable management priorities for marine megafauna across multiple scales pose significant challenges. Because marine turtles exemplify these challenges, the IUCN Marine Turtle Specialist Group (MTSG) developed the ‘conservation priorities portfolio’ (CPP) framework in 2011 to evaluate population risk and threats for regional management units (RMUs). Here, the MTSG has updated the 2011 CPP framework through an inclusive assessment process. Our results—also provided through an interactive data dashboard—underscore the importance of context-specific planning to effectively target limited conservation resources.

Wallace BP, Bandimere AN, Abreu-Grobois FA, Acosta H and others 2025. Updated global conservation status and priorities for marine turtles Endang Species Res 56:247-276.
https://doi.org/10.3354/esr01385