While it is uncertain that a regional management programme for the Caribbean hawksbill population will be initiated before CoP12 in 2002, the hawksbill trade issue will almost certainly return. Like others, I found it difficult to remain objective in the lobbying blizzard of Nairobi. I hope we get the opportunity to find out. Issues in Wildlife Management No. 1. Key Centre for Tropical Wildlife Management, Darwin, 107pp.
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