Dugong Workshops for Training in the Use of Survey Methodologies

Phuket 7-8 April & Brisbane 11-12 April – UNEP/CMS Office Abu Dhabi financially supported two training workshops/meetings: the Dugong Asia Sub-Regional Technical Workshop/Meeting in Phuket, Thailand, and the Pacific Islands Sub-Regional Technical Workshop/Meeting in Brisbane, Australia, in collaboration with the Phuket Marine Biological Centre (PMBC), and the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Program (SPREP) respectively.

Both workshops brought dugong focal contacts and dugong range states from the South East Asian (Cambodia, Malaysia, Myanmar, and Thailand) and the SPREP region (Australia, New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea, Palau, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands) together to discuss the use of the Standardized Dugong Catch/By-catch Questionnaire in the participating countries. Training is also being provided in-country to Viet Nam who was not able to attend the South East Asia workshop. The survey is questionnaire-based and has been designed to be easily adapted. The survey methodology was developed at the Singapore Workshop (3-4 May 2010).

The Questionnaire is available at this page in story “Standardized Dugong Catch/By-catch Questionnaire Available Now”.

The meeting report, the annex and the draft National Report format are attached.