Promote law enforcement to save marine cows

Law enforcement is considered a key solution that can save dugong dugon - one of the most threatened marine mammals in the world - from the risk of permanent disappearance. And this is also the goal that the conservation project in Mozambique Africa is funded directly by the Save Our Species (SOS) Program.

In the past six decades alone, the number of global sea cow populations has decreased by 30%. This species is currently listed in the Vulnerable Species List (VU) in the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List.

In East Africa, the last remaining dugong population is probably a population of about 200 found in an isolated geographic area in the Bazaruto Islands National Park (Mozambique). However, despite being protected within the National Park, the fate of rare and precious marine cows is still unavoidable by the threat of fishing by gill net and the destruction of residence. Therefore, in the immediate future, the imposition of strict penalties for illegal fishing is thought to be necessary to reduce the number of cases of sea cows caught in fishermen's gill net.

In the future, similar activities need to be further promoted, combining a top-down and bottom-up approach to save the life of the dove in Bazaruto, otherwise only about In the next 40 years, we will no longer have the opportunity to see them - as stated by Karen Allen, Head of the Marine Cow Conservation Project.

The SOS Program is currently working to support Bazaruto Islands National Park to develop a revised law enforcement strategy and establish effective species conservation systems through funding for procurement of equipment. being overseeing law enforcement from the air as well as taking action to promote law enforcement.

In the long term, the project is expected to ensure successful transfer of conservation management skills to national park law enforcement officials.