Report of the Dugong MoU Signatory State Meeting available

Abu Dhabi, 28 November 2010 – The report of the First Official Signatory State Meeting of the Memorandum of Understanding on the Conservation and Management of Dugongs and Their Habitats is now available online.

 

Governments, International and Non-Governmental Organisations as well as experts from about 30 countries discussed solutions to protect the world’s only herbivorous mammal living in marine waters. At the meeting, Bahrain, Palau, Seychelles, Vanuatu and Yemen signed the CMS Dugong agreement bringing the number of signatories to 18. The meeting concluded that the dugong conservation strategy should address the need for greater protection of marine biodiversity by combining different conservation tools. The next CMS Dugong MoU meeting will take place on 2012.