To Enhance the Effectiveness of Conservation of Dugongs and their Seagrass Ecosystems Across the Indian and Pacific Ocean Basins
Timeline
100% Complete
15 December 2014
30 September 2019
Objective
$ 99,299,043
$ 5,884,018
$ 105,183,061
Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mozambique, Solomon Islands, Timor Leste, Vanuatu (Republic of)
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
UNEP
The Global Environment Facility (GEF) is a multilateral fund dedicated to confronting biodiversity loss, climate change, pollution, and strains on land and ocean health. Over the past three decades, the GEF has provided more than $22 billion in financing and mobilized another $120 billion for more than 5,000 national and regional projects.