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Sri Lanka Becomes the 21st Country to Sign the UNEP/CMS Dugong MOU

 

Abu Dhabi/Colombo, 31 January 2012 - Sri Lanka has pledged its support to the long-term survival of the dugongs and the protection of their critical seagrass habitats by becoming a signatory state to the Memorandum of Understanding on the Conservation and Management of Dugongs and their Habitats throughout their Range (Dugong MOU).

The MOU was signed at a ceremony held at the Department of Wildlife Conservation in Colombo by Mr. Bataduwe Kirindage Udeni Ayodya Wickramasinghe from the Ministry of Agrarian Services and Wildlife, Sri Lanka.

For more information please see the attached press release 

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