1 May 2013 - The latest issue of Sirenews (the biannual newsletter of the IUCN/SSC Sirenia Specialist Group) is now available online. The IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC) is a science-based network of volunteer experts working together towards achieving the vision of "A world that values and conserves present levels of biodiversity". The Sirenia Specialist Group is focused on the conservation of manatee and dugong populations around the world. The Sirenews biannual newsletter reports on global sirenian conservation activities, including news and updates from the Dugong MOU Secretariat. See reports on the latest signatories to the Dugong MOU, and outcomes of the Second Signatory State Meeting (SS2) which took place in Manila, Philippines in February 2013, an update on projects, including progress of a global project funded by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) entitled: ‘Enhancing the Conservation Effectiveness of Seagrass Ecosystems Supporting Globally Significant Populations of Dugongs across the Indian and Pacific Ocean Basins’.

Read the Sirenews Issue 59 here