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WCC 2008 RES 022 - Activity Report

Submitted by Mariko.ABE on Sat, 11/30/2019 - 16:33
General Information
Promotion of Dugong Dugong dugon during the UN 2010 International Year for Biodiversity
IUCN Constituent: 
Nature Conservation Society of Japan
IUCN Constituent type: 
IUCN Member
Period covered: 
2019
Geographic scope: 
Global
Country/Territory: 
Japan
In implementing this Resolution your organization has worked/consulted with...
IUCN Members: 
Nature Conservation Society of Japan ( NACS-J ) / Japan
IUCN Secretariat: 
No
Other non-IUCN related organisations: 
Save the Dugong Campaign Center (SDCC), Ramsar Network Japan
Implementation
Indicate and briefly describe any actions that have been carried out to implement this Resolution: 
ActionDescriptionStatus
Field activitiesOn-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.
Identify and briefly describe what future actions are planned for the implementation of this Resolution: