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Sep 27, 2021 · What future for dugongs? Despite legislations to forbid dugong meat consumption outside specific traditional permits, poaching persists, in New Caledonia and in many of the “low-income” countries that are home to dugongs. As climate change and demography intensifies risks to food security, scientists and stakeholders fear for dugongs.
Sep 18, 2024 · Conservationists have launched a new plan to use satellite tagging on the remaining members of the dugong population to provide critical information on their habitat use, including where they...
Aug 25, 2021 · August 25, 2021. A close relative of the manatee found in the Indo-Pacific, dugongs are a hit for tourists and an important part of coastal marine ecosystems. But between climate change,...
- Presentation outline
- Why are dugongs vulnerable
- Protection
- How are dugongs doing in the Pacific basin?
- Papua New Guinea
- Dugong movements and connectivity
- Advances in survey tools
- Miniaturisation and development of new dugong tracking equipment
- Dugong and Seagrass Research Toolkit
Dugong conservation status, estimated numbers and threats in the Pacific Basin Dugong movement and connectivity Advances in some key monitoring tools Matthieu Juncker
Long-lived and slow to mature Geographical overlap between dugongs and people put the animals at risk from a range of activities Type and intensity of threat vary with location (across and within countries)
National laws protect dugongs in the Pacific range states, but enforcement is lacking.
Status remain mostly unknown (except Australia) Several countries lack baseline data + formal assessment hasn’t really been conducted new data starting to emerge Opportunities to conduct IUCN regional assessments (IUCN Sirenia specialist group here help) Need for evidence of decline in the population
Estimated population size is unknown Questionnaire has been date?). UNEP-CMS Questionnaire Upload
Heterogeneous movements Possible long-range migratory patterns in some locations movements more likely response to climatic events Local-scale seasonal adjustments in habitat use in locations Movement behaviour adjusted to small coral reef lagoon habitats Dugong movements and connectivity Dugongs’ long distance journeys have led to species range ...
From manned surveys algorithm surveys Potential efficacy a Detection probability b Manned vs Unmanned c ML algorithm Mapping sightings and footprints Local-scale survey methodsc Two small drones Novel survey design Spatial modelling techniques Manual review User interface Classify environmental conditions
New insights into the long-term/range movements (GPS-sat tags) and short-term, fine scale dive profiles Require animal capture: logistically challenging if not impossible in low dugong density areas. Risky, and need to be culturally acceptable GPS-Iridium or Diary and cam-diary tags ✪ ✪
Decision support tool for research into dugongs, seagrasses and associated human communities. Developed by Dugong Technical Group. Audience: marine natural resource managers, decision-makers (government and non-government) and researchers. Purpose: standardise data sets and methods across countries for better comparison of global dugong and seagras...
Panel discussion. What will your country contribute to Arabian Gulf chapter? Distribution and abundance of dugongs. Distribution and status of seagrass. Threats to dugongs and their habitats. Current conservation measures.
Jan 13, 2023 · In the case of New Caledonia’s dugongs, a geographically and genetically isolated subpopulation, the assessment found that the number of mature dugongs is now estimated to be between 149–896 individuals, based on aerial surveys conducted from 2003 to 2012.
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Dugongs are found in warm coastal waters from the western Pacific Ocean to the eastern coast of Africa, [22] along an estimated 140,000 kilometres (87,000 mi) of coastline [31] between 26° and 27° to the north and south of the equator. [13]
