This requires extending areal surveys to track habitat and resource use. With her Pew marine fellowship, Ponnampalam learned, for example, that dugongs’ vocalizations are highest near the feeding grounds at Tinggi Island, mother-calf pairs are mainly distributed off the southwest of Sibu Hujong Island, and large herds aggregate around the extensive seagrass meadows off the west of Sibu Tengah Island. 0000003298 00000 n
Her efforts also piqued the interest of Johor’s state government, which in 2016 proposed establishing the Johor Dugong Sanctuary. 0000011805 00000 n 0000010152 00000 n
0000345556 00000 n 122 62 Ponnampalam and her team have drafted a dugong sanctuary management plan, and the proposal for creating the sanctuary is pending a decision by the Malaysian government.Ponnampalam used her fellowship to collect the data needed to better understand how to best protect dugongs in Malaysia. 0000003914 00000 n Her project received additional support from the Global Dugong and Seagrass Conservation Project, an initiative of the World Bank-run Global Environment Facility.
0000007810 00000 n These activities can pose a threat to dugongs and other marine life.Finally, they looked at habitat health and contaminant levels at the sites.
0000037005 00000 n trailer Data on dugongs and their seagrass habitats will be used for the introduction of special management regimes or the establishment/expansion of Marine Protected Areas in dugong and seagrass key areas.
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0000001566 00000 n %PDF-1.4 %���� The recovery plan will provide updated information about marine turtle populations (stocks) in Australian waters, including recovery actions to address key threats to marine turtle stocks and their habitats.The draft marine turtle recovery plan is due to be released for public comment in 2016.The Australian Government is currently developing.We acknowledge the Traditional Owners of country throughout Australia and recognise their continuing connection to land, waters and culture. Ponnampalam is hoping that broader habitat protection will help the population survive in a future that includes escalating threats from pollution, coastal development, boat strikes, intensifying fishing activities, and entanglements. Dugong populations occur in tropical and subtropical waters around the world, including in the shallow coastal waters of northern Australia from the QLD/ NSW border to Shark Bay, WA. 0000006588 00000 n In particular, mother-and-calf pairs were found in high concentrations west of the Sibu Islands. Public Lands and Rivers Conservation,Global Environment Facility’s Global Dugong and Seagrass Conservation Project,WMMC'19 Plenary Session: Overcoming Challenges to Marine Mammal Research (video).2014 Pew marine fellow Louisa Ponnampalam, Ph.D.Safeguard Western Puerto Rico's Ocean and Coast,EU and U.S. All rights reserved.Conserving Marine Life in the United States,Ending Overfishing in Northwestern Europe,International Boreal Conservation Campaign,Protecting Coastal Wetlands and Coral Reefs,U.S. �2�N{�+ցy�8iH4H��eCt�A��0�5�@�Y���O+-h�IJ�s)�k. 0000003760 00000 n
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