Solomon Islands Largest Hawksbill Turtle Rookery Shows Signs of Recovery after 150 Years of Excessive Exploitation

• Richard J. Hamilton ,

  * E-mail: rhamilton@tnc.org

  Affiliations The Nature Conservancy, Asia Pacific Division, 245 Riverside Drive, West End, Brisbane, QLD, 4101, Australia, ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD, 4811, Australia

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• Tomas Bird,

  Affiliation School of Geography and Environment, University of Southampton, Southampton, SO17 1BJ, United Kingdom

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• Collin Gereniu,

  Affiliation The Nature Conservancy, Solomon Islands Field Office, PO Box 759, Honiara, Solomon Islands

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• John Pita,

  Affiliation The Nature Conservancy, Isabel Environmental Office, Buala, Isabel Province, Solomon Islands

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• Peter C. Ramohia,

  Affiliation ADB Coral Triangle of the Pacific Project, Ministry of Environment, Climate Change, Disaster Management & Meteorology, Honiara, Solomon Islands

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• Richard Walter,

  Affiliation Department of Anthropology and Archaeology, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand

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• Clara Goerlich,

  Affiliations The Nature Conservancy, Asia Pacific Division, 245 Riverside Drive, West End, Brisbane, QLD, 4101, Australia, Universität Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany

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• Colin Limpus

  Affiliation Threatened Species Unit, Department of Environment and Heritage Protection, Queensland Government, 41 Boggo Rd., Dutton Park, Brisbane, QLD, 4102, Australia

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