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2023 initiative – must be completed by December 2023. Work with local experts to produce new report on global status and trends incorporating new information obtained in last 20 years. Technical Advisory Group will act as expert reviewers. Local contributors will have co-authorship of information for their country.
Jan 13, 2023 · Following submission of this assessment to the IUCN Red List, the East Africa dugong sub-population has been classified as Critically Endangered, the highest level of extinction risk before a species is declared extinct in the wild. In the case of New Caledonia’s dugongs, a geographically and genetically isolated subpopulation, the assessment ...
Apr 12, 2022 · Given that dugongs are able to make long-distance migrations (e.g., 560–1000 km) 22,23, a more extensive search of a broader geographical area should be required to determine whether dugongs A ...
Sep 27, 2023 · Hervey Bay, located south of the Great Barrier Reef, showed the most significant estimated rate of population decline at 5.7% per year between 2005 and 2022. These findings are linked to back-to-back flood events in early 2022, resulting in extensive seagrass loss and depriving dugongs of their primary food source.
Sep 29, 2023 · There, researchers write, the population has dropped by about 5.7 percent per year since 2005. This statistic may be the result of two major floods in 2022 that destroyed seagrass habitats around ...
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Jan 17, 2023 · Dugongs are functionally extinct in Chinese waters, but some have hope they will return. Coastal development and pollution have degraded seagrass meadows, contributing to dugong’s functional extinction in Chinese waters (Illustration: Li Yuqiang, Qingdao Marine Conservation Society / China Dialogue Ocean) Zhang Chun. January 17, 2023.
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Dec 9, 2022 · There are still dugongs living in the waters off around 40 countries. Australia has the world's largest population of dugongs today, largely thanks to having a sparsely populated coast with lots ...
