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WCC 2000 REC 072 - Activity Report

Submitted by Hideki.YOSHIKAWA on Tue, 01/30/2018 - 21:19
Información general
Conservación del dugongo (Dugong dugon), del pico de Okinawa (Sapheopipo noguchii) y del rascón de Okinawa (Gallirallus okinawae) en la isla de Okinawa y en torno a ella
Constituyente de la UICN: 
Save the Dugong Campaign Center
Tipo de Constituyente de la UICN: 
IUCN Member
Período de actividades: 
2019
Ámbito geográfico: 
País
País/Territorio: 
Japan
In implementing this Resolution your organization has worked/consulted with...
Qué Comisiones de la UICN están o han estado implicados en la implementación de esta Resolución?: 
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Enumere otros actores (no-Miembros de la UICN) que hayan estado implicados en la implementación de esta Resolución: 
Dugong Network Okinawa (NGO)
Implementación
Indicate and briefly describe any actions that have been carried out to implement this Resolution: 
Acci�nDescripciónStatus
Influencia pol�tica/promoci�n de pol�ticasIn March 2019, a female dugong was found dead on the west coast of Okinawa, Japan. The Ministry of the Environment has concluded that it was stabbed dead by a ray barb, presumably while bottom feeding. This dugong was the last known dugong in the waters of Okinawa, one of the Nansei Islands that occur in Japanese waters between Kyushu and Taiwan. The Save the Dugong Campaign Center, along with other NGOs in Okinawa, contacted international marine mammal experts to discuss the critical situation of the dugong in Okinawa. We then contacted the IUCN SSC Sirenia Special Group to take action.On-going
Indique cuáles han sido los resultados/logros obtenidos en el marco de las actividades realizadas: 
In response to international concerns about the status of the Japanese Dugong Sub-Population, the IUCN SSC Sirenia Specialist Group took two concrete actions. First, in August 2019, the SSC lodged a listing assessment for this sub-population with IUCN (Brownell et al. 2019), proposing that it be listed as Critically Endangered. Second, the SSC held a small expert workshop in September 2019 to produce a research plan with multiple approaches to determine if any dugongs remain in the waters of Okinawa and the Nansei region in Japan.

We appreciate the SSC for taking these concrete actions in a timely manner.
Indique y describa brevemente las actividades que se realizarán en el futuro para la implementación de esta Resolución: 
Acción FuturaDescripción
Influencia pol�tica/promoci�n de pol�ticasGiven that the Implementation of the Plan requires the active participation of both the Japanese Ministry of the Environment and the Okinawa Prefectural Government, NGOs like ours need to encourage the governments to do so.
Actividades t�cnicas/cient�ficasThe Plan needs to be implemented to the extent it is possible and as soon as possible.
Información complementaria
Enlaces externos: 
Endangered dugong found dead in Okinawa, cause unknown