Submitted by
Mariko.ABE
on Sat, 11/30/2019 - 16:33
General Information
Resolution
44172
IUCN Constituent
Nature Conservation Society of Japan
IUCN Constituent type
IUCN Member organisation
Period covered
Geographic scope
Global
Country/Territory
Japan
Actors involved in implementing this Resolution:
IUCN Members
Nature Conservation Society of Japan ( Japan )
IUCN Secretariat
No
Other non-IUCN related organisations
Save the Dugong Campaign Center (SDCC), Ramsar Network Japan
II. Implementation
Activities carried out to implement this Resolution
Activity
Field activities
Status
On-going
Please report on the result /achievement of the actions taken
Threat to subpopulation of dugong (Dugong dugon) become higher in a past several years.
One dugong died this March and among the rest of two, one is missing from five years ago and the another one has been missing since last October. IUCN Sirenia Specialist Group hold a meeting in Japan this September to discuss about the status of dugong.
Dead dugong found floating at Okinawa fishing port
https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20190319/p2a/00m/0na/018000c
There are new sighting information around Yaeyama archipelago compiled by Ministry of Environment of Japan, however they don’t know the detail of the status of dugong.
One dugong died this March and among the rest of two, one is missing from five years ago and the another one has been missing since last October. IUCN Sirenia Specialist Group hold a meeting in Japan this September to discuss about the status of dugong.
Dead dugong found floating at Okinawa fishing port
https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20190319/p2a/00m/0na/018000c
There are new sighting information around Yaeyama archipelago compiled by Ministry of Environment of Japan, however they don’t know the detail of the status of dugong.
Report status
Published
Constituent type
IUCN Member