{"id":4341,"date":"2025-09-29T12:31:41","date_gmt":"2025-09-29T12:31:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wiomsa.org\/wiompan\/?p=4341"},"modified":"2025-09-29T12:31:41","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T12:31:41","slug":"dugongs-regional-cooperation-for-a-threatened-species","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wiomsa.org\/wiompan\/2025\/09\/29\/dugongs-regional-cooperation-for-a-threatened-species\/","title":{"rendered":"Dugongs: regional cooperation for a threatened species"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4343\" src=\"https:\/\/wiomsa.org\/wiompan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Dugongs-300x225.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wiomsa.org\/wiompan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Dugongs-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/wiomsa.org\/wiompan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Dugongs-1024x768.png 1024w, https:\/\/wiomsa.org\/wiompan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Dugongs-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/wiomsa.org\/wiompan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Dugongs-1536x1152.png 1536w, https:\/\/wiomsa.org\/wiompan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Dugongs-1320x990.png 1320w, https:\/\/wiomsa.org\/wiompan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Dugongs.png 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>The distribution of dugongs in the southwest Indian Ocean is fragmented, with very small populations. The Bazaruto Archipelago in Mozambique hosts the largest known population, while other countries only have limited data. Genetic analyses highlight a loss of diversity, increasing the species\u2019 vulnerability and the need for coordinated action.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As part of the Dugong National Action Plan in Mayotte, and thanks to the Interreg Indian Ocean and Mozambique Channel projects, several Marine\u00a0 Protected Areas (MPAs) are working together to strengthen conservation\u00a0 efforts. Field missions conducted in the Mayotte Marine Natural Park (2022\u20132025), the Moh\u00e9li Marine Park (2022) and parks managed by\u00a0 Madagascar National Parks (2026) aim to harmonize monitoring methods. These actions include fisher interviews, training in drone-based\u00a0 monitoring, and seagrass mapping.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2024, a partnership with the Bazaruto National Park made it possible to test an innovative technique: environmental DNA (eDNA), which had never been used before for dugongs. Finally, a regional data platform, co-developed with Indian Ocean stakeholders and the Memorandum of Understanding on Dugong, will facilitate the sharing of observations and the development of a photo-identification catalogue.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Further information:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.naturalistesmayotte.fr\/les-p%C3%B4les-d-activit%C3%A9\/le-p%C3%B4le-environnement\/les-dugongs\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.naturalistesmayotte.fr\/les-p%C3%B4les-d-activit%C3%A9\/le-p%C3%B4le-environnement\/les-dugongs\/<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The distribution of dugongs in the southwest Indian Ocean is fragmented, with very small populations. The Bazaruto Archipelago in Mozambique hosts the largest known population, while other countries only have limited data. Genetic analyses highlight a loss of diversity, increasing the species\u2019 vulnerability and the need for coordinated action. As part of the Dugong National<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wiomsa.org\/wiompan\/2025\/09\/29\/dugongs-regional-cooperation-for-a-threatened-species\/\" class=\"more-link themebutton\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4343,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,325],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4341","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-events","category-research"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wiomsa.org\/wiompan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4341","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wiomsa.org\/wiompan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wiomsa.org\/wiompan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wiomsa.org\/wiompan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wiomsa.org\/wiompan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4341"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wiomsa.org\/wiompan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4341\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4345,"href":"https:\/\/wiomsa.org\/wiompan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4341\/revisions\/4345"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wiomsa.org\/wiompan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4343"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wiomsa.org\/wiompan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4341"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wiomsa.org\/wiompan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4341"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wiomsa.org\/wiompan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4341"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}