1. Report from the 1st Official Meeting of the Signatory States: UNEP/CMS Conservation of Dugong MoU
2. Historic Technical Meeting on Dugong Research and Conservation held in Madagascar
3. USGS Survey News Release: Manatee subspecies genetically confirmed, but diversity challenge looms: Two Belize populations offer opportunity in a desert of genetic diversity.
4. Sirenian Action Plan in Brazil & Aquatic Mammal Stranding Network in Brazil
6. Sirenian Workshop During Latin American Aquatic Mammal Meeting
7. Local News Australia: Distribution and abundance of dugong in the Kimberly Region, North Western Australia
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