Chelonians are among the animal groups with the poorest conservation status. Since tortoises are long-lived species that need very long time to reach sexual maturity, they are extremely vulnerable to human pressure. Despite their endangered status, there are no common strategies for the development of conservation actions. At the “Mediterranean workshop to develop tortoise conservation strategies”, scientists, conservation associations, environmental managers, IUCN advisers and CITES inspectors met in October 2019 in Alicante (Spain). The aims were to update the diagnosis of the conservation status of the Hermann’s tortoise (Testudo hermanni) and the spur-thighed tortoise (Testudo graeca) and to suggest strategies that guarantee their preservation at the Mediterranean Region.
From troubles to solutions: conservation of Mediterranean tortoises under global change / Graciá, Eva; Rodríguez-Caro, Roberto Carlos; Ferrández, Marcos; Martínez-Silvestre, Albert; Pérez-Ibarra, Irene; Amahjour, Rabie; Aranda, Carmen; Benelkadi, Hadj Aissa; Bertolero, Albert; Biaggini, Marta; Botella, Francisco; Budó, Joan; Cadenas, Vanessa; Chergi, Brahim; Corti, Claudia; Esperón, Fernando; Esteve-Selma, Miguel Ángel; Fahd, Soumia; García de la Fuente, Mª Isabel; Golubović, Ana; Heredia, Ana; Jiménez-Franco, Mª Victoria; Arakelyan, Marine; Marini, Daniele; Martínez-Fernández, Julia; Martínez-Pastor, Mª Carmen; Mascort, Ramón; Mira-Jover, Andrea; Pascual-Rico, Roberto; Perera-Leg, Anna; Pfau, Beate; Pinya, Samuel; Santos, Xavier; Segura, Amalia; Semaha, Mohamed Jaouhar; Soler-Massana, Joaquim; Vidal, Jose Manuel; Giménez, Andrés. - In: BASIC & APPLIED HERPETOLOGY. - ISSN 2255-1468. - ELETTRONICO. - 34:(2020), pp. 5-16. [10.11160/bah.196]
From troubles to solutions: conservation of Mediterranean tortoises under global change
Biaggini, Marta;
2020
Abstract
Chelonians are among the animal groups with the poorest conservation status. Since tortoises are long-lived species that need very long time to reach sexual maturity, they are extremely vulnerable to human pressure. Despite their endangered status, there are no common strategies for the development of conservation actions. At the “Mediterranean workshop to develop tortoise conservation strategies”, scientists, conservation associations, environmental managers, IUCN advisers and CITES inspectors met in October 2019 in Alicante (Spain). The aims were to update the diagnosis of the conservation status of the Hermann’s tortoise (Testudo hermanni) and the spur-thighed tortoise (Testudo graeca) and to suggest strategies that guarantee their preservation at the Mediterranean Region.
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