There is a long history of conservation in Bermuda; laws prohibiting the overexploitation of cahows and other birds were introduced as early as 1616, and limiting the extraction of cedar timber and killing of young sea turtles in 1620. A landmark piece of legislation, the Bermuda Protected Species Act, came into effect in 2003. There is also a suite of national strategy documents for conservation, including the Bermuda Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan, Sustainable Development Strategy and Implementation Plan, Strategy for the Sustainable Use of Bermuda’s Living Marine Resources, and the Bermuda Plan 2019