SWOT Report vol. 20 / Atlas References & Resources

The following resources allow you to dive deeper into the data presented in SWOT Report, vol. 20 and “An Atlas of Global Sea Turtle Status 1.0”.

Conservation Priorities Portfolio Dashboard

Dive deeper into the risk and threat data published in the scientific article, Updated Global Conservation Status and Priorities for Marine Turtles, and displayed in SWOT Report vol. 20. The dashboard is an interactive platform that allows users to explore the data in visual and customizable ways.

Marine Turtle Regional Management Units 2.0 Publication

Global marine turtle experts re-evaluated the boundaries of Regional Management Units, or sub-populations for sea turtles using the most up-to-date biogeography data available. RMU shapefiles are available for download through the OBIS-SEAMAP/SWOT database.

Conservation Priorities Portfolio Publication

Authored by 150 experts as part of the IUCN-Marine Turtle SPecialist Group’s 7th Burning Issues workshop, this publication presents the greatest risks and threats to each marine turtle sub-population.

Full SWOT Report Vol. 20 Nesting Data Citations

All nesting data were sourced from Kot, C. Y., E. Fujioka, A. DiMatteo, et al. 2023. The State of the World’s Sea Turtles Online Database. Data provided by the SWOT Team and hosted on OBIS-SEAMAP. Oceanic Society, Conservation International, IUCN Marine Turtle Specialist Group (MTSG), and Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab, Duke University http://seamap.env.duke.edu/swot. All key nesting sites are reported from the most recent available nesting season. Beach names and data providers are given in the printed report, and full citations can be downloaded here.