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Dugong dugon

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Classifications [top]

List of Habitats:
9 Marine Neritic
9.8 Marine Neritic - Coral Reef
9.10 Marine Neritic - Estuaries
List of Conservation Actions:
1 Land/water protection
1.1 Site/area protection (in place)
2 Land/water management
2.1 Site/area management (in place)
4 Education & awareness
4.1 Formal education (in place)
4.2 Training (in place)
4.3 Awareness & communications (in place)
5 Law & policy
5.4 Compliance and enforcement
5.4.1 International level (in place)
5.4.2 National level (in place)
5.4.3 Sub-national level (in place)
6 Livelihood, economic & other incentives
6.1 Linked enterprises & livelihood alternatives (in place)
List of Threats:
1 Residential & commercial development
1.1 Housing & urban areas
4 Transportation & service corridors
4.3 Shipping lanes
5 Biological resource use
5.4 Fishing & harvesting aquatic resources
5.4.1 Intentional use: (subsistence/small scale)
5.4.3 Unintentional effects: (subsistence/small scale)
6 Human intrusions & disturbance
6.1 Recreational activities
9 Pollution
9.2 Industrial & military effluents
9.2.1 Oil spills
9.3 Agricultural & forestry effluents
9.3.4 Type Unknown/Unrecorded
11 Climate change & severe weather
11.4 Storms & flooding
Citation: Marsh, H. 2008. Dugong dugon. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 19 May 2013.
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