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1. DUGONGS WITHOUT BORDERS -Building capacity for Indian Ocean Sirenian Conservation Timeframe: 2006-2012 Location: Union of the Comoros and Madagascar
The islands of the Comoros and Madagascar harbour the last dugong populations in the South West Indian Ocean Islands. However, these populations are currently unstudied, apart from C3's previous work in the Comoros. The Convention on Migratory Species (CMS) has recently established a MoU for the international protection of the species, to which both Comoros and Madagascar are among the first signatories. This work aims to capitalize on this strong political commitment to dugong conservation in both countries to train a network of dugong experts, raise local awareness and gather preliminary information on dugongs and their habitat in north west Madagascar (probably the largest but least studied population in the region) using low-cost, sustainable research techniques to compile National Dugong Conservation Action Plans.
Dugong research in the Comoros
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C3 is grateful to the Convention on Migratory Species, BP Conservation Leadership Programme, Rufford Small Grants Foundation, PADI Foundation and Seaworld Busch Gardens for supporting this work.
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Davis PZR, Poonian CNS, Hauzer M, Anasse F (2007) DEVELOPMENT OF A BLUEPRINT FOR A WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN REGIONAL DUGONG CONSERVATION STRATEGY. Poster presentation at the Conservation management of Sirenians in developing countries and indigenous communities workshop, 17th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals, Cape Town, South Africa.
Davis PZR, Poonian CNS (2007) INCIDENTAL CAPTURE OF THE DUGONG, DUGONG DUGON IN GILLNETS, MOHÉLI, UNION OF THE COMOROS. In Kiska J, Muir C (Eds) 1st Regional Workshop on Incidental Catches of Non-targeted Marine Species in the Western Indian Ocean, Workshop proceeding. 13-15th November 2006, Mayotte, France. 
Alfthan B, Davis PZR (2006) DUGONG RESEARCH AND CONSERVATION ON MOHELI ISLAND, UNION OF THE COMOROS. Sirenews 46
