Enhancing the Conservation Effectiveness of Seagrass Ecosystems Supporting Globally Significant Populations of Dugong Across the Indian and Pacific Ocean Basins (Short Title: The Dugong and Seagrass Conservation Project)

To Enhance the Effectiveness of Conservation of Dugongs and their Seagrass Ecosystems Across the Indian and Pacific Ocean Basins

Financial mechanism
GEF
Date of approval
Status
Project approved
URL
https://www.thegef.org/projects-operations/projects/4930
Countries
Vanuatu,
Solomon Islands,
Mozambique,
Malaysia,
Madagascar,
Sri Lanka,
Indonesia
Managing organisations
The overall Executing Agency will be the Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund because of its close proximity and relationship with the UNEP/CMS Dugong MoU Secretariat who will provide technical oversight of the project
Technical Partners include
Implementing organisations
UNEP
Project ID
4930
GEF project type
Full size
GEF project phase
GEF - 5
GEF Cofinancing
$99.299.043
GEF project grant
$5.884.018
Executing Agencies
The overall Executing Agency will be the Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund because of its close proximity and relationship with the UNEP/CMS Dugong MoU Secretariat who will provide technical oversight of the project.<br />
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Technical Partners include: the UNEP/CMS Dugong MoU Secretariat and its Technical Advisory Team, UNEP-DEPI, Blue Ventures, GRID-arendal & Forest Trends.<br />
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The key National Partners1 are:<br />
Indonesia: Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries, Ministry of Environment.<br />
Madagascar: Ministry of Environment and Forests<br />
Malaysia: Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment<br />
Mozambique: Ministry for Coordination of Environmental Affairs (MICOA), Natural History Museum / Eduardo Mondlane University.<br />
Sri Lanka: Department of Wildlife Conservation, Ministry of the Environment<br />
Timor Leste: Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries.<br />
Vanuatu: Department of Environment and Conservation