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Communities
13 May 2022
Thirty-three experts, drawn from academia, project development and policy, consider how to develop Blue Carbon Ecosystem (BCE) conservation and Nationally Determined...
General News
24 January 2022
A new study investigating the habitat use patterns of dugongs illustrates the potential benefits of satellite tracking and dynamic habitat use...
Dugong
30 August 2021
'The Dugongs of Bazaruto', is now available for download on the Dugong & Seagrass Hub. Written by Ruth H. Leeney and...
11 May 2021
Scientists at Murdoch University's Centre for Sustainable Aquatic Ecosystems recently published a study that looks at using small drones to...
3 May 2021
A key goal of the SES project is to influence policy change in order to strengthen existing environmental policies and integrate...
29 April 2021
The CMS Dugong MoU Secretariat is excited to announce the launch of a new call for concept notes to...
27 April 2021
A new study investigating the status of seagrass meadows throughout the Pacific Island Countries and Territories (PICTs) discovers a global “bright...
Blue Carbon
18 April 2021
A new paper by McKenzie et al. investigates the importance of seagrass ecosystems for communities in Pacific Island Countries and Territories...
11 April 2021
A new study estimates blue carbon in the seagrass meadows of southeast Asia, and their potential for climate change mitigation. Seagrass...
31 March 2021
In March 2021, the MareCet team traveled to the Seagrass Ecosystem Services (SES) Project sites in Malaysia. This was an important...
10 March 2021
On Environment Day 2020, representatives came together to sign a historic Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) aimed at improving sustainable development in...
2 March 2021
Seagrass meadows are among the most efficient blue carbon sinks on earth, and if left undisturbed the carbon will stay locked...
20 February 2021
An article by the HuffPost highlights the importance of seagrass in the fight against climate change. The article highlights the role...
31 January 2021
Dugongos has been awarded a grant to launch a new project supporting a participatory approach to dugong conservation. In January 2021, our...
20 January 2021
New research finds that seagrass provides yet another ecosystem service by naturally removing plastic particles from the sea. The study, published in the journal Scientific Reports, found...
21 November 2020
In November 2020, MareCet hosted the Sayang Sayang Seagrass Festival, a week-long virtual celebration of seagrass and the...
15 June 2020
A film documenting community-based dugong tracking in Northern
Project News
4 February 2020
Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, and Timor-Leste launch CMS initiative to protect and restore critical seagrass ecosystems through local monitoring and assessment,...
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