2023 Dugong Aerial Survey: Mission Beach to Cape York

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Cleguer, C.;Hamel, M.A.;Rankin, R.W.;Langlois, L.;Edwards, C.;Marsh, H.
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In Australia, the dugong (Dugong dugon) is a Matter of National Environmental Significance because it is listed as a listed migratory species under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999. The dugong is also listed as Vulnerable under the Nature Conservation Act 1992 (Qld) and at a global scale (Marsh and Sobtzick, 2019). Australia is a signatory to several international agreements that define its obligations to protect dugongs including the Convention on Migratory Species of wild Animals and the associated Memorandum of Understanding on the Conservation and Management of Dugongs and their Habitats throughout their Range (Dugong MOU). Signatories to the Dugong MOU agree to cooperate to restore or maintain a favourable dugong conservation status. The dugong is also explicitly mentioned as an attribute of the Outstanding Universal Value of the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area (hereafter GBRWHA, Criterion (x)) in the Statement of Outstanding Universal Value

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TropWATER, James Cook University

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Townsville, QLD, Australia

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10.25903/jz1s-xq74