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Traditional Use and Conservation of Hawksbill Turtles: From a Japanese Industry's Perspective Dr. Yoshio Kaneko, Ph. D. Hideo Yamaoka Chairman, Japan Bekko Association

Table 4 Projects funded by Japan Bekko Association. Only those which have been carried out by foreigners are shown below. In addition, there are many other projects in and outside Japan which are under the direct control of JBA.
Beneficiary	Project
PHPA	Conservation of hawksbills in Indonesia
Carlos Diez	Study of hawksbills in Mona Island
Colin Limpus	Population dynamics of hawksbills in Australia
Rene Marquez	Research of hawksbills in Mexico

Conclusion

For consideration at the next Conference of the Parties to be held in Nairobi in April 2000, Cuba and Dominica submitted a joint proposal to transfer Cuba's hawksbill turtle population from Appendix I to II. The industry is looking forward to a success of the Cuban proposal because the industry firmly believes that the adoption of the proposal will benefit both Japan's traditional culture and the conservation of the species in Cuba as well as in the rest of the Caribbean. Ť

References

ECCHU, Tetsuya (1992) Discussion on hawksbill turtles and bekko industry. pp. 154. Junshin women's College Historical Museum. In Japanese.

KANEKO, Yoshio (1992) Assessing the background and effect of the import ban on hawksbill turtles. Norin Keizai 8559: 2-6. In Japanese.

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