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)

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: the UNEP/CMS Dugong MoU Secretariat and its Technical Advisory Team, UNEP-DEPI, Blue Ventures, GRID-arendal & Forest Trends.

The key National Partners1 are:
Indonesia: Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries, Ministry of Environment.
Madagascar: Ministry of Environment and Forests
Malaysia: Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment
Mozambique: Ministry for Coordination of Environmental Affairs (MICOA), Natural History Museum / Eduardo Mondlane University.
Sri Lanka: Department of Wildlife Conservation, Ministry of the Environment
Timor Leste: Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries.
Vanuatu: Department of Environment and Conservation