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🔆 Swim to Safety: Marine Conservation & Dugongs

📌 Dugong populations across India (Gulf of Mannar, Palk Bay, Andamans, etc.) have declined due to poaching, by-catch, habitat loss, and pollution.

📌 A key step: Palk Bay Dugong Conservation Reserve (2022) protects 12,000 ha of seagrass meadows—model of integrated marine conservation.

📌 Positive outcomes: IUCN recognition, fisher engagement, reduced poaching, drone & satellite-based monitoring of seagrass.

📌 Challenges remain: mechanised fishing, port construction, dredging, storms, rising sea temperatures, and funding gaps.

📌 Broader lesson: Marine conservation needs cross-border collaboration (e.g., with Sri Lanka), blending traditional ecological knowledge with modern technology.

💡 Mains Question
“Discuss the significance of community engagement in marine conservation. How can blending traditional knowledge with modern technologies help address the challenges of protecting endangered species like dugongs?”

#environment
#Biodiversity

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🔆 Swim to Safety: Marine Conservation & Dugongs

📌 Dugong populations across India (Gulf of Mannar, Palk Bay, Andamans, etc.) have declined due to poaching, by-catch, habitat loss, and pollution.

📌 A key step: Palk Bay Dugong Conservation Reserve (2022) protects 12,000 ha of seagrass meadows—model of integrated marine conservation.

📌 Positive outcomes: IUCN recognition, fisher engagement, reduced poaching, drone & satellite-based monitoring of seagrass.

📌 Challenges remain: mechanised fishing, port construction, dredging, storms, rising sea temperatures, and funding gaps.

📌 Broader lesson: Marine conservation needs cross-border collaboration (e.g., with Sri Lanka), blending traditional ecological knowledge with modern technology.

💡 Mains Question
“Discuss the significance of community engagement in marine conservation. How can blending traditional knowledge with modern technologies help address the challenges of protecting endangered species like dugongs?”

#environment
#Biodiversity

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