Seagrass-Watch: two decades of capacity building in participatory seagrass assessment and awareness raising provides insight into dugong habitat knowledge

Abstract

Enhancing the conservation of the dugong (Dugong dugon) and the seagrass ecosystems on which it depends, requires improved scientific literacy and understanding of seagrass importance, filling critical knowledge gaps and... [ view full abstract ]

Authors

  1. Len McKenzie (Seagrass-Watch HQ)
  2. Rudi Yoshida (Seagrass-Watch HQ)
  3. Richard Unsworth (Swansea University and Project Seagrass)
  4. Leanne Cullen-Unsworth (Cardiff University and Project Seagrass)
  5. Benjamin Jones (Cardiff University and Project Seagrass)

Topic Areas

Topics: Conservation and management of tropical marine ecosystems , Topics: Culture and the marine environment , Topics: Participation in marine conservation science (e.g. citizen and indigenous science)

Session

OS-3A » Participatory Marine Conservation 2 (16:00 - Monday, 25th June, Tubau 1)