[CPEO-MEF] "Rare Japanese Dugong Threatened by U.S. Military Base"

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Rare Japanese Dugong Threatened by U.S. Military Base

John Roach
National Geographic News
August 23, 2007

The rare Okinawa dugong has been classified as "critically endangered" 
on Japan's Ministry of the Environment Red List, the Japanese equivalent 
to the U.S. government's endangered species list, officials announced 
this month.

About 100,000 dugongs—relatives of the manatees—live in the coastal 
waters of the South Pacific and Indian oceans.

...

Specifically, conservationists hope that the move will back up legal 
action already underway to halt the expansion of a U.S. military base on 
the island of Okinawa into prime dugong habitat.

...

For the entire article, see
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/08/070823-dugongs.html

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
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Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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