Dugong: status reports and action plans for countries and territories

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DUGONGpag1-40Dugong Status Report and Action Plans for Countries and Territories 1 UNEP/DEWA/RS.02-1 E a rl y W a rn in g a n d A s s e s s m e n t R e p o rt S e ri e s ©Doug Perrine/Seapics.comDu gong Status Reports and Action Plans for Countries and Territories IUCN The World Conservation Union S P E C I E S S U R V I VA L C O M M I S S I O N Compiled by HELENE MARSH Action Plan Coordinator IUCN/SSC Sirenia Specialist Group HELEN PENROSE, CAROLE EROS, AND JOANNA HUGUES School of Tropical Environment Studies and Geography James Cook University, Townsville, Australia Cooperative Research Centre for the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area James Cook University, Townsville, Australia United Nations Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre Cambridge, United Kingdom © Doug Perrine/seapics.comCover Photograph: Dugong (Dugong dugon) © Doug Perrine/seapics.com DISCLAIMER Information for maps was sourced from the Macquarie Illustrated World Atlas, 1995; the Times Atlas of the World (9