General location & Area • Coordinates : 26.791656°, 53.411513° IOSEA Site Network proposal • Hormozgan Province Date of submission: 28/7/14 • 9 km off mainland coast, 157km Sheedvar island, Islamic Republic of from Bandar-E Lengeh Iran • Total area: 97 ha Name and address of compiler(s): Coastline: 5.5km (relevant to turtles: 2km) • No permanent population Physical characteristics & biological Management authority resources Physical Ecological characteristics resources Lavan Rural District in Kish Wildlife and Aquatic Affairs GEOMORPHOLOGY: Low-lying island. Sand , District, Bandar- Management Bureau shingle or pebble shores, Rocky marine MARINE TURTLES: hawksbill (estimated Authority E Lengeh shores, Fossil corals . total 30/yr), green (occasional). contacts DOE Provincial office in County, details Hormozgan Province Hormozgan Bandar-Abbas HABITATS USED BY TURTLES: B eaches NATIONAL Province (0.1 sq km), F eeding habitats (70 ha). OTHER FAUNA.: 20,000 - National Protected Area waterfowl, shore birds, sea- birds during breeding season - Protected Area and Wildlife Several features shared with Nakhiloo Refuge (1971, 1972) Strict and Ommolkaram, Bushehr province protected INTERNATIONAL status FLORA: limited sand-dune plant community, mostly - Ramsar (1999) Seuda vermiculata and - "Important Bird Area" Atriplex sp. Public Uniqueness : largest known ownership, breeding colony of terns in Iran; no private only known breeding colony of property Socotran Comoran in Iran Socio-eco values, land/ocean uses; Current/proposed research Threats; interventions RECENT • Nesting beach studies (ongoing) Terrestrial activities potentially affecting the site’s INCREASE OF overall ecological character: FINES FOR - collection of bird eggs HARVESTING: • Flipper Tagging - sand mining? decrease in bird – Mobaraki 2010 egg collect. – WWF-EWS "Gulf Turtle Project" Satellite tracking program Fishing activities: limited • Genetic studies (sampling 2005, 2007) BEACH Marine pollution: • Presentations at International Sea Turtle Symposia potential spills from oil terminal on Lavan Island, CLEANING Tourism ACTIVITIES (2007) • Stakeholder involvement 1 Current / proposed education & References and Site Map awareness activities • Mobaraki. A. 2010. Results of Sea turtle Study in Iran and The Conservation Needs, "Second Marine Conservation Forum, Abu Dhabi, UAE. USE THE FULL AND CORRECT CITATION • Mobaraki, A. Fitzsimmons, N., Jensen, M. 2010. Reproduction and Genetic Study of Hawksbill Sea turtles in Iran. 30 th annual sea turtle symposium, Goa, India. USE THE FULL AND CORRECT CITATION • Beach cleaning project (2007) • Mobaraki, A., & Elmi, A. M. 2005. First sea turtle tagging programme in Iran. Marine Turtle Newsletter , 110 , 6-7. • Mobaraki, A. 2004. Nesting of the hawksbill turtle in Shidvar Island, Hormozgan Province, Iran. Marine Turtle Newsletter , 104 , 13. • Mobaraki, A. 2004. Marine turtles in Iran: Results from 2002. Marine Turtle Newsletter , 104 (13). • • Mobaraki, A. 2003. Sea Turtle Status in Iran, 23rd symposium on sea turtles, Kuala Materials (1999): Lumpur, Malaysia USE THE FULL AND CORRECT CITATION. • Mobaraki, A. Green Sea Turtle Nesting in Iran, Marine Turtle Newsletter and – www.ioseaturtles.org website 2004 Booklets • Mobaraki, A. 2006. Sea turtle study and situation in Iran, Marine conservation forum, Abu Dhabi, UAE. USE THE FULL AND CORRECT CITATION • Nabavi, S. M. B., Zare, R., & Vaghefi, M. E. (2012). Nesting Activity and Conservation Status – Poster of the Hawksbill Turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) in Persian Gulf. Journal of Life Sciences , 6(1), 74-79. • Ramsar Information Sheet 1999: http://ramsar.wetlands.org/Database/Searchforsites/tabid/765/language/en- US/Default.aspx • Ruhollah Zare, Mahdieh Eftekhar Vaghefi, and Stephanie Jill Kamel (2012) Nest Location and Clutch Success of the Hawksbill Sea Turtle ( Eretmochelys imbricata ) at Shidvar Island, Iran. Chelonian Conservation and Biology: December 2012, Vol. 11, No. 2, pp. 229-234. • Sadeghi-Zadegan, S. (1997). Report on the Field Trip to the Shidvar Island (29 June -2 July 1997). Internal Report, Department of the Environment, Tehran, LR.Iran 2.