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Dugongs are key to marine ecology- even a few deaths can significantly affect the population National Geographic 4 (Jennifer Vernon, 1/23/04, “ Dugongs Draw Hungry Sharks to Australia Bay”, http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/01/0123_040123_dugongcam.html) Dugongs can be found along coastlines throughout the Pacific and Indian Oceans, although their extensive range belies the fact that their numbers are dropping in most of these areas. Specifically, the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) has classified dugongs as "vulnerable," meaning that a 20 percent population loss over either a ten-year period or three generations is suspected. The biggest cause of this attrition is loss or degradation of their seagrass habitat. Other mortality risks include being hunted, a practice still prevalent throughout much of southeastern Asia, entanglement in fishing nets, and injury from boat propellers. Given that dugongs have a potentially long life span (up to 70 years) but a slow breeding rate, it only takes a few deaths to detrimentally affect a given population. Because the herbivorous dugong depends primarily on a diet of seagrass—which is itself especially vulnerable to environmental factors—the species dugongs choose to eat are of particular importance in developing conservation measures to protect vital dugong habitats. Conversely, seagrass forms the very foundation upon which an entire ecosystem is built. Being voracious but selective grazers, dugongs leave their mark on seagrass abundance and variety. Which types of seagrass are eaten, and how much is eaten, affects other creatures dependent on seagrass for food or shelter. So variations in a dugong population, due either to predation or human factors, directly affect the health of an entire seagrass ecosystem. It is this critical interdependency that makes the dugong such a vital species, one whose own health is inextricably linked to the health of an entire marine XT: Dugong On BrinkThe Okinawa dugong is facing it’s last struggle between life and death Vivian ‘09 June 25, 2009 CAN WE SAVE THE ENDANGERED DUGONGS HABITAT IN OKINAWA ? http://seashepherds.ning.com/forum/topics/can-we-save-the-endangered Habitats of endangered animals can not be disturbed. The U.S. Military should know this and act accordingly. The U.S. and Japanese governments are planning to disturb and destroy the best remaining habitat of a unique and critically endangered marine mammal, the Okinawa dugong. This dugong, a relative of the manatee, is a rare marine mammal that feeds in the seagrass beds and coral reefs of Okinawa's Henoko Bay. Fewer than 50 individual dugongs remain in an area described by the United Nations Environment Program as "the most important known dugong habitat in Japan." If the U.S. military proceeds with its Camp Schwab construction plan this exceptional, rare animal will lose the best habitat it has left and begin its last slide toward extinction. The expantion of Camp Schwab will lead to the extinction of the Okinawa dugong John Platt ’09 Dec 15, 2009 http://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/post.cfm?id=will-the-us-military-do-right-by-th-2009-12-15 Will the U.S. military do right by the dugong? "The Camp Schwab base expansion project would destroy some of the best remaining habitat for the highly endangered Okinawa dugong, one of the rarest marine mammal populations in the world," Peter Galvin, conservation director at the Center for Biological Diversity (CBD), said in a prepared statement. The U.S. military has been trying to expand Camp Schwab for years, while also planning to close another base on the island. Previous plans to build in areas that would threaten the dugong were blocked by a federal judge in 2008. Many Okinawans aren't happy about the base-expansion plans. Last month, more than 20,000 people showed up to protest U.S. military presence on the island. Dugongs have special cultural significance in Okinawa. "For Okinawans, the dugong compares only to the American bald eagle in terms of cultural and historical significance," Takuma Higashionna, a council member from Nago City where the base is located, said in the CBD's release. The military is currently reconsidering all of its options regarding Camp Schwab as part of a complex series of political negotiations with Japan which could, eventually, result in moving 8,000 Marines from Okinawa to Guam. But no one—neither the military, Japan's government nor the people or Okinawa—seems happy with any of the options on the table. New Base Kills DugongsThe bases in Japan are threatening the locally belived Dugong McNeill '04 http://mostlywater.org/print/1726 (David McNeill is a Tokyo-based journalist and teacher, and a coordinator of Japan Focus) This article appeared in The Independent on August 12, 2004. For six decades, the inhabitants of Okinawa have lived alongside thousands of US troops. Now new plans for base expansion have provoked fierce resistance. Taira Natsume is a mild-mannered, bespectacled parson and pacifist in the Martin Luther King mode, but he warns he will not be pushed too far. "If the authorities come back with more people we'll be waiting for them," he says. "I'm not a violent man but they're not going to get through." It is a baking hot day in Henoko, a tiny fishing village in Okinawa, Japan's southernmost prefecture. For 110 days, the reverend and 8,000 supporters have been coming to this sun-bleached beach to fight off government engineers trying to begin drilling surveys for a proposed offshore helicopter base for the US military. As the protest has dragged on, engineers and protesters, many in their sixties, have scuffled. White-haired pensioners have gone toe-to-toe with security guards and taken to canoes and wetsuits to block the invaders. "I'm full of anger," 64-year-old Toyama Sakai says. "How can they do this to this place? We already put up with so much." Okinawans live in one of the most beautiful places on earth, a string of pristine islands dosed with ecological Viagra, anointed in tropical sun, bathed in the azure-blue waters of the Pacific, and coated with a lush carpet of green, spiked with palm trees. The region is also home to one of the world's largest concentrations of US military bases. The Americans invaded in 1945, mounting a savage attack that wiped out close to a third of the local population and left 50,000 US troops killed or injured. They never left. In 1972, two decades after Japan regained independence, the islands reverted to Japanese rule but most of the bases stayed. The bases already occupy a fifth of the main island and include Kadena, the biggest and most active US Air Force base in east Asia, and Futenma, which occupies 25 per cent of the second-largest city, Ginowan. Now, after years of promises by Tokyo and Washington to scale down the military presence, the plan to build the Marine base, 1,500m by 600m, over a coral reef off Henoko to replace an older base in Futenma has enraged the people. Higashionna Takumam a fisherman, says: "They're going to steal our livelihood and destroy the local environment. We're not going to stand for it." Mr Higashionna has just returned from San Francisco where he filed a suit against the US Defence Department, claiming the base threatens the habitat of the imperiled dugong, a gentle sea mammal classed as a "natural monument". The Okinawa Dugong is revered by locals, but a new US base threatens it John Roach, 07 for National Geographic News August 23, 2007 http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/pf/61082026.html 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. The Okinawa dugong is the northernmost population, and scientists believe only about 50 remain. Environmental groups say the dugong's addition to the Red List is long overdue and expressed hope that the new designation will come with stronger actions to protect the marine mammals. 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. "This listing is a significant action," said Peter Galvin, conservation director for the Center for Biological Diversity in Shelter Cove, California. "The dugong is already listed as a protected cultural monument in Japan and has been known to be critically endangered for quite some time," Galvin said. "But [until now] the Japanese government had not actually officially placed it on the list." Military Threat Okinawa is the largest of the Ryukyu Islands, an archipelago that stretches from Japan's southern island of Kyushu to Taiwan (see map) Dugongs play a central role in the culture and mythology of Okinawa, Galvin said. The animals are associated with creation and mermaid myths and are considered harbingers of natural disasters such as tsunamis. (Related: "Dugongs: 'Mermaids' in Danger?" [March 8, 2004].) "Okinawa is a fascinating place, and the dugong is revered there," Galvin said. Historic dugong population numbers are difficult to come by. But based on the ubiquitous presence of the animals in Okinawan lore, wildlife groups estimate that thousands—if not tens of thousands—swam near the island about 300 years ago. Like their manatee cousins, the gentle giants forage on sea grass, growing up to 10 feet (3 meters) long and packing on more than 1,000 pounds (454 kilograms). While large sharks and saltwater crocodiles have been known to prey on dugongs, cases of predation are rare, making humans the most likely culprits in the dugong decline. For decades the animals have been tangled in fishing nets, have had their habitat filled in for development projects, and have seen their food disappear under silt-filled runoff from eroded soils, conservationists say. As part of their efforts to protect the dugong, the Center for Biological Diversity has been leading a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Defense. The U.S. military has maintained a strong presence in Okinawa since World War II, with more than 30,000 personnel currently stationed on the island. The lawsuit addresses a planned relocation of the Marine Corps' Futenma Airbase, which sits in a densely populated site, to a more isolated stretch of shoreline in Camp Schwab, according to the U.S. military. But the project requires expanding runways into a bay that "is the richest area of sea grass in Okinawa," Galvin said. "It's the best of the last habitat for the dugong." The new air base being proposed by the US will wipe out an already endangered species International Coral Reef Symposium, 04 June 2004, Okinawa, Japan http://www.earthjustice.org/library/background/the_dugongs_vs_the_department_of_defense.html?print=t "It was indeed a significant trip... American people over there are paying attention to the lawsuit, thanks to efforts by members the Earthjustice." -- Takuma Higashionna, Save the Dugong Network, Okinawa The dugong is a large sea mammal related to the manatee and the extinct Steller's sea cow. Its northernmost range is among the coral reefs off Okinawa, Japan. The Okinawa dugong has been listed by the government of Japan since 1955 as a "Natural Monument" under Japan's "Cultural Properties Protection Law." On August 6th, 2007, the Japanese Ministry of Environment listed the Okinawa dugong as "critically endangered" -- the most severely threatened category before "extinct." It has long been revered by native Okinawans as a significant part of their culture and history, celebrated as "sirens" or "mermaids" who bring friendly warnings of tsunamis. Japanese scientists believe there are as few as 10 dugongs surviving in Okinawan waters, where the mammals feed in beds of seagrass. Strictly vegetarian, these shy, placid creatures are easily spooked by boats and noise. The United States has a heavy military presence in Okinawa. But in 1996, in an attempt to reduce the U.S. military footprint on the island, the United States agreed to return the Futenma air base to Japan once an alternative site is provided. The new site chosen was off Henoko village, on the northeast coast of the main island, in the very location where the dugong graze among the seagrass on the seabed. The plan calls for Japan to build a new Marine Corps air-sea base for American use atop these precious seagrass beds -- effectively destroying the remaining habitat of the gentle dugong in Japan. The 'V'-shaped runways would extend 1,800 meters into the bay, permanently disrupting one of the most biologically diverse areas in the Pacific The dugong is in danger of going extinct
This dugong, is one of four extant members of the order Sirenia, a group of marine mammals that scientists believe evolved from elephants about 60 million years ago,the only fully-aquatic herbivorous mammals, it feeds in the seagrass beds and coral reefs of Okinawa’s Henoko Bay. Dugongs play a central role in the culture and mythology of Okinawa, Galvin said. The animals are associated with creation and mermaid myths and are considered harbingers of natural disasters  such as tsunamis.
If the U.S. military proceeds with its Camp Schwab construction plan this exceptional, rare animal, will lose the best habitat it has left and begin its last slide toward extinction. It will also result in rampant dis-respect for the environmental value of ocean eco-systems. Even if the lawsuit is successful, stopping the base expansion is not enough to save the Okinawa dugong, we need to do more! Read more: http://www.greendiary.com/entry/us-military-base-camp-schwab-threatening-critically-endangered-japanese-dugong/#ixzz0oWIrpfB1 This dugong, is one of four extant members of the order Sirenia, a group of marine mammals that scientists believe evolved from elephants about 60 million years ago,the only fully-aquatic herbivorous mammals, it feeds in the seagrass beds and coral reefs of Okinawa’s Henoko Bay. Dugongs play a central role in the culture and mythology of Okinawa, Galvin said. The animals are associated with creation and mermaid myths and are considered harbingers of natural disasters such as tsunamis.
If the U.S. military proceeds with its Camp Schwab construction plan this exceptional, rare animal, will lose the best habitat it has left and begin its last slide toward extinction. It will also result in rampant dis-respect for the environmental value of ocean eco-systems. Even if the lawsuit is successful, stopping the base expansion is not enough to save the Okinawa dugong, we need to do more! Read more: http://www.greendiary.com/entry/us-military-base-camp-schwab-threatening-critically-endangered-japanese-dugong/#ixzz0oWIrpfB1 This dugong, is one of four extant members of the order Sirenia, a group of marine mammals that scientists believe evolved from elephants about 60 million years ago,the only fully-aquatic herbivorous mammals, it feeds in the seagrass beds and coral reefs of Okinawa’s Henoko Bay. Dugongs play a central role in the culture and mythology of Okinawa, Galvin said. The animals are associated with creation and mermaid myths and are considered harbingers of natural disasters such as tsunamis.
If the U.S. military proceeds with its Camp Schwab construction plan this exceptional, rare animal, will lose the best habitat it has left and begin its last slide toward extinction. It will also result in rampant dis-respect for the environmental value of ocean eco-systems. Even if the lawsuit is successful, stopping the base expansion is not enough to save the Okinawa dugong, we need to do more! Read more: http://www.greendiary.com/entry/us-military-base-camp-schwab-threatening-critically-endangered-japanese-dugong/#ixzz0oWIrpfB1 This dugong, is one of four extant members of the order Sirenia, a group of marine mammals that scientists believe evolved from elephants about 60 million years ago,the only fully-aquatic herbivorous mammals, it feeds in the seagrass beds and coral reefs of Okinawa’s Henoko Bay. Dugongs play a central role in the culture and mythology of Okinawa, Galvin said. The animals are associated with creation and mermaid myths and are considered harbingers of natural disasters such as tsunamis.
If the U.S. military proceeds with its Camp Schwab construction plan this exceptional, rare animal, will lose the best habitat it has left and begin its last slide toward extinction. It will also result in rampant dis-respect for the environmental value of ocean eco-systems. Even if the lawsuit is successful, stopping the base expansion is not enough to save the Okinawa dugong, we need to do more! Read more: http://www.greendiary.com/entry/us-military-base-camp-schwab-threatening-critically-endangered-japanese-dugong/#ixzz0oWIrpfB1 This dugong, is one of four extant members of the order Sirenia, a group of marine mammals that scientists believe evolved from elephants about 60 million years ago,the only fully-aquatic herbivorous mammals, it feeds in the seagrass beds and coral reefs of Okinawa’s Henoko Bay. Dugongs play a central role in the culture and mythology of Okinawa, Galvin said. The animals are associated with creation and mermaid myths and are considered harbingers of natural disasters such as tsunamis.
If the U.S. military proceeds with its Camp Schwab construction plan this exceptional, rare animal, will lose the best habitat it has left and begin its last slide toward extinction. It will also result in rampant dis-respect for the environmental value of ocean eco-systems. Even if the lawsuit is successful, stopping the base expansion is not enough to save the Okinawa dugong, we need to do more! Read more: http://www.greendiary.com/entry/us-military-base-camp-schwab-threatening-critically-endangered-japanese-dugong/#ixzz0oWIrpfB1 This dugong, is one of four extant members of the order Sirenia, a group of marine mammals that scientists believe evolved from elephants about 60 million years ago,the only fully-aquatic herbivorous mammals, it feeds in the seagrass beds and coral reefs of Okinawa’s Henoko Bay. Dugongs play a central role in the culture and mythology of Okinawa, Galvin said. The animals are associated with creation and mermaid myths and are considered harbingers of natural disasters such as tsunamis.
If the U.S. military proceeds with its Camp Schwab construction plan this exceptional, rare animal, will lose the best habitat it has left and begin its last slide toward extinction. It will also result in rampant dis-respect for the environmental value of ocean eco-systems. Even if the lawsuit is successful, stopping the base expansion is not enough to save the Okinawa dugong, we need to do more! Read more: http://www.greendiary.com/entry/us-military-base-camp-schwab-threatening-critically-endangered-japanese-dugong/#ixzz0oWIrpfB1 This dugong, is one of four extant members of the order Sirenia, a group of marine mammals that scientists believe evolved from elephants about 60 million years ago,the only fully-aquatic herbivorous mammals, it feeds in the seagrass beds and coral reefs of Okinawa’s Henoko Bay. Dugongs play a central role in the culture and mythology of Okinawa, Galvin said. The animals are associated with creation and mermaid myths and are considered harbingers of natural disasters such as tsunamis.
If the U.S. military proceeds with its Camp Schwab construction plan this exceptional, rare animal, will lose the best habitat it has left and begin its last slide toward extinction. It will also result in rampant dis-respect for the environmental value of ocean eco-systems. Even if the lawsuit is successful, stopping the base expansion is not enough to save the Okinawa dugong, we need to do more! Read more: http://www.greendiary.com/entry/us-military-base-camp-schwab-threatening-critically-endangered-japanese-dugong/#ixzz0oWIrpfB1 This dugong, is one of four extant members of the order Sirenia, a group of marine mammals that scientists believe evolved from elephants about 60 million years ago,the only fully-aquatic herbivorous mammals, it feeds in the seagrass beds and coral reefs of Okinawa’s Henoko Bay. Dugongs play a central role in the culture and mythology of Okinawa, Galvin said. The animals are associated with creation and mermaid myths and are considered harbingers of natural disasters such as tsunamis.
If the U.S. military proceeds with its Camp Schwab construction plan this exceptional, rare animal, will lose the best habitat it has left and begin its last slide toward extinction. It will also result in rampant dis-respect for the environmental value of ocean eco-systems. Even if the lawsuit is successful, stopping the base expansion is not enough to save the Okinawa dugong, we need to do more! Read more: http://www.greendiary.com/entry/us-military-base-camp-schwab-threatening-critically-endangered-japanese-dugong/#ixzz0oWIrpfB1 This dugong, is one of four extant members of the order Sirenia, a group of marine mammals that scientists believe evolved from elephants about 60 million years ago,the only fully-aquatic herbivorous mammals, it feeds in the seagrass beds and coral reefs of Okinawa’s Henoko Bay. Dugongs play a central role in the culture and mythology of Okinawa, Galvin said. The animals are associated with creation and mermaid myths and are considered harbingers of natural disasters such as tsunamis.
If the U.S. military proceeds with its Camp Schwab construction plan this exceptional, rare animal, will lose the best habitat it has left and begin its last slide toward extinction. It will also result in rampant dis-respect for the environmental value of ocean eco-systems. Even if the lawsuit is successful, stopping the base expansion is not enough to save the Okinawa dugong, we need to do more! Read more: http://www.greendiary.com/entry/us-military-base-camp-schwab-threatening-critically-endangered-japanese-dugong/#ixzz0oWIrpfB1 This dugong, is one of four extant members of the order Sirenia, a group of marine mammals that scientists believe evolved from elephants about 60 million years ago,the only fully-aquatic herbivorous mammals, it feeds in the seagrass beds and coral reefs of Okinawa’s Henoko Bay. Dugongs play a central role in the culture and mythology of Okinawa, Galvin said. The animals are associated with creation and mermaid myths and are considered harbingers of natural disasters such as tsunamis.
If the U.S. military proceeds with its Camp Schwab construction plan this exceptional, rare animal, will lose the best habitat it has left and begin its last slide toward extinction. It will also result in rampant dis-respect for the environmental value of ocean eco-systems. Even if the lawsuit is successful, stopping the base expansion is not enough to save the Okinawa dugong, we need to do more! Read more: http://www.greendiary.com/entry/us-military-base-camp-schwab-threatening-critically-endangered-japanese-dugong/#ixzz0oWIrpfB1 This dugong, is one of four extant members of the order Sirenia, a group of marine mammals that scientists believe evolved from elephants about 60 million years ago,the only fully-aquatic herbivorous mammals, it feeds in the seagrass beds and coral reefs of Okinawa’s Henoko Bay. Dugongs play a central role in the culture and mythology of Okinawa, Galvin said. The animals are associated with creation and mermaid myths and are considered harbingers of natural disasters such as tsunamis.
If the U.S. military proceeds with its Camp Schwab construction plan this exceptional, rare animal, will lose the best habitat it has left and begin its last slide toward extinction. It will also result in rampant dis-respect for the environmental value of ocean eco-systems. Even if the lawsuit is successful, stopping the base expansion is not enough to save the Okinawa dugong, we need to do more! Read more: http://www.greendiary.com/entry/us-military-base-camp-schwab-threatening-critically-endangered-japanese-dugong/#ixzz0oWIrpfB1 This dugong, is one of four extant members of the order Sirenia, a group of marine mammals that scientists believe evolved from elephants about 60 million years ago,the only fully-aquatic herbivorous mammals, it feeds in the seagrass beds and coral reefs of Okinawa’s Henoko Bay. Dugongs play a central role in the culture and mythology of Okinawa, Galvin said. The animals are associated with creation and mermaid myths and are considered harbingers of natural disasters such as tsunamis.
If the U.S. military proceeds with its Camp Schwab construction plan this exceptional, rare animal, will lose the best habitat it has left and begin its last slide toward extinction. It will also result in rampant dis-respect for the environmental value of ocean eco-systems. Even if the lawsuit is successful, stopping the base expansion is not enough to save the Okinawa dugong, we need to do more! Read more: http://www.greendiary.com/entry/us-military-base-camp-schwab-threatening-critically-endangered-japanese-dugong/#ixzz0oWIrpfB1 This dugong, is one of four extant members of the order Sirenia, a group of marine mammals that scientists believe evolved from elephants about 60 million years ago,the only fully-aquatic herbivorous mammals, it feeds in the seagrass beds and coral reefs of Okinawa’s Henoko Bay. Dugongs play a central role in the culture and mythology of Okinawa, Galvin said. The animals are associated with creation and mermaid myths and are considered harbingers of natural disasters such as tsunamis.
If the U.S. military proceeds with its Camp Schwab construction plan this exceptional, rare animal, will lose the best habitat it has left and begin its last slide toward extinction. It will also result in rampant dis-respect for the environmental value of ocean eco-systems. Even if the lawsuit is successful, stopping the base expansion is not enough to save the Okinawa dugong, we need to do more! Read more: http://www.greendiary.com/entry/us-military-base-camp-schwab-threatening-critically-endangered-japanese-dugong/#ixzz0oWIrpfB1 This dugong, is one of four extant members of the order Sirenia, a group of marine mammals that scientists believe evolved from elephants about 60 million years ago,the only fully-aquatic herbivorous mammals, it feeds in the seagrass beds and coral reefs of Okinawa’s Henoko Bay. Dugongs play a central role in the culture and mythology of Okinawa, Galvin said. The animals are associated with creation and mermaid myths and are considered harbingers of natural disasters such as tsunamis.
If the U.S. military proceeds with its Camp Schwab construction plan this exceptional, rare animal, will lose the best habitat it has left and begin its last slide toward extinction. It will also result in rampant dis-respect for the environmental value of ocean eco-systems. Even if the lawsuit is successful, stopping the base expansion is not enough to save the Okinawa dugong, we need to do more! Read more: http://www.greendiary.com/entry/us-military-base-camp-schwab-threatening-critically-endangered-japanese-dugong/#ixzz0oWIrpfB1 This dugong, is one of four extant members of the order Sirenia, a group of marine mammals that scientists believe evolved from elephants about 60 million years ago,the only fully-aquatic herbivorous mammals, it feeds in the seagrass beds and coral reefs of Okinawa’s Henoko Bay. Dugongs play a central role in the culture and mythology of Okinawa, Galvin said. The animals are associated with creation and mermaid myths and are considered harbingers of natural disasters such as tsunamis.
If the U.S. military proceeds with its Camp Schwab construction plan this exceptional, rare animal, will lose the best habitat it has left and begin its last slide toward extinction. It will also result in rampant dis-respect for the environmental value of ocean eco-systems. Even if the lawsuit is successful, stopping the base expansion is not enough to save the Okinawa dugong, we need to do more! Read more: http://www.greendiary.com/entry/us-military-base-camp-schwab-threatening-critically-endangered-japanese-dugong/#ixzz0oWIrpfB1 This dugong, is one of four extant members of the order Sirenia, a group of marine mammals that scientists believe evolved from elephants about 60 million years ago,the only fully-aquatic herbivorous mammals, it feeds in the seagrass beds and coral reefs of Okinawa’s Henoko Bay. Dugongs play a central role in the culture and mythology of Okinawa, Galvin said. The animals are associated with creation and mermaid myths and are considered harbingers of natural disasters such as tsunamis.
If the U.S. military proceeds with its Camp Schwab construction plan this exceptional, rare animal, will lose the best habitat it has left and begin its last slide toward extinction. It will also result in rampant dis-respect for the environmental value of ocean eco-systems. Even if the lawsuit is successful, stopping the base expansion is not enough to save the Okinawa dugong, we need to do more! Read more: http://www.greendiary.com/entry/us-military-base-camp-schwab-threatening-critically-endangered-japanese-dugong/#ixzz0oWIrpfB1 This dugong, is one of four extant members of the order Sirenia, a group of marine mammals that scientists believe evolved from elephants about 60 million years ago,the only fully-aquatic herbivorous mammals, it feeds in the seagrass beds and coral reefs of Okinawa’s Henoko Bay. Dugongs play a central role in the culture and mythology of Okinawa, Galvin said. The animals are associated with creation and mermaid myths and are considered harbingers of natural disasters such as tsunamis.
If the U.S. military proceeds with its Camp Schwab construction plan this exceptional, rare animal, will lose the best habitat it has left and begin its last slide toward extinction. It will also result in rampant dis-respect for the environmental value of ocean eco-systems. Even if the lawsuit is successful, stopping the base expansion is not enough to save the Okinawa dugong, we need to do more! Read more: http://www.greendiary.com/entry/us-military-base-camp-schwab-threatening-critically-endangered-japanese-dugong/#ixzz0oWIrpfB1 This dugong, is one of four extant members of the order Sirenia, a group of marine mammals that scientists believe evolved from elephants about 60 million years ago,the only fully-aquatic herbivorous mammals, it feeds in the seagrass beds and coral reefs of Okinawa’s Henoko Bay. Dugongs play a central role in the culture and mythology of Okinawa, Galvin said. The animals are associated with creation and mermaid myths and are considered harbingers of natural disasters such as tsunamis.
If the U.S. military proceeds with its Camp Schwab construction plan this exceptional, rare animal, will lose the best habitat it has left and begin its last slide toward extinction. It will also result in rampant dis-respect for the environmental value of ocean eco-systems. Even if the lawsuit is successful, stopping the base expansion is not enough to save the Okinawa dugong, we need to do more! Read more: http://www.greendiary.com/entry/us-military-base-camp-schwab-threatening-critically-endangered-japanese-dugong/#ixzz0oWIrpfB1 This dugong, is one of four extant members of the order Sirenia, a group of marine mammals that scientists believe evolved from elephants about 60 million years ago,the only fully-aquatic herbivorous mammals, it feeds in the seagrass beds and coral reefs of Okinawa’s Henoko Bay. Dugongs play a central role in the culture and mythology of Okinawa, Galvin said. The animals are associated with creation and mermaid myths and are considered harbingers of natural disasters such as tsunamis.
If the U.S. military proceeds with its Camp Schwab construction plan this exceptional, rare animal, will lose the best habitat it has left and begin its last slide toward extinction. It will also result in rampant dis-respect for the environmental value of ocean eco-systems. Even if the lawsuit is successful, stopping the base expansion is not enough to save the Okinawa dugong, we need to do more! Read more: http://www.greendiary.com/entry/us-military-base-camp-schwab-threatening-critically-endangered-japanese-dugong/#ixzz0oWIrpfB1 This dugong, is one of four extant members of the order Sirenia, a group of marine mammals that scientists believe evolved from elephants about 60 million years ago,the only fully-aquatic herbivorous mammals, it feeds in the seagrass beds and coral reefs of Okinawa’s Henoko Bay. Dugongs play a central role in the culture and mythology of Okinawa, Galvin said. The animals are associated with creation and mermaid myths and are considered harbingers of natural disasters such as tsunamis.
If the U.S. military proceeds with its Camp Schwab construction plan this exceptional, rare animal, will lose the best habitat it has left and begin its last slide toward extinction. It will also result in rampant dis-respect for the environmental value of ocean eco-systems. Even if the lawsuit is successful, stopping the base expansion is not enough to save the Okinawa dugong, we need to do more! Read more: http://www.greendiary.com/entry/us-military-base-camp-schwab-threatening-critically-endangered-japanese-dugong/#ixzz0oWIrpfB1 This dugong, is one of four extant members of the order Sirenia, a group of marine mammals that scientists believe evolved from elephants about 60 million years ago,the only fully-aquatic herbivorous mammals, it feeds in the seagrass beds and coral reefs of Okinawa’s Henoko Bay. Dugongs play a central role in the culture and mythology of Okinawa, Galvin said. The animals are associated with creation and mermaid myths and are considered harbingers of natural disasters such as tsunamis.
If the U.S. military proceeds with its Camp Schwab construction plan this exceptional, rare animal, will lose the best habitat it has left and begin its last slide toward extinction. It will also result in rampant dis-respect for the environmental value of ocean eco-systems. Even if the lawsuit is successful, stopping the base expansion is not enough to save the Okinawa dugong, we need to do more! Read more: http://www.greendiary.com/entry/us-military-base-camp-schwab-threatening-critically-endangered-japanese-dugong/#ixzz0oWIrpfB1 This dugong, is one of four extant members of the order Sirenia, a group of marine mammals that scientists believe evolved from elephants about 60 million years ago,the only fully-aquatic herbivorous mammals, it feeds in the seagrass beds and coral reefs of Okinawa’s Henoko Bay. Dugongs play a central role in the culture and mythology of Okinawa, Galvin said. The animals are associated with creation and mermaid myths and are considered harbingers of natural disasters such as tsunamis.
If the U.S. military proceeds with its Camp Schwab construction plan this exceptional, rare animal, will lose the best habitat it has left and begin its last slide toward extinction. It will also result in rampant dis-respect for the environmental value of ocean eco-systems. Even if the lawsuit is successful, stopping the base expansion is not enough to save the Okinawa dugong, we need to do more! Read more: http://www.greendiary.com/entry/us-military-base-camp-schwab-threatening-critically-endangered-japanese-dugong/#ixzz0oWIrpfB1 The People of Japan have spoken, and they do not wish to move the air base because it threatens the Dugon Deborah Mantel '06 (Lecturer, College of International Relations, Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto, Japan) The International Studies Association of Ritsumeikan University: Ritsumeikan Annual Review of International Studies, 2006. ISSN 1347-8214. Vol.5, pp. 85-105 On 1st May, 2006, the U.S. and Japan finalised an implementation plan for their October 2005 agreement on realigning the U.S. military in Japan. A key part of this agreement is the relocation of U.S. Marine Corps’ Futenma Air Station from Ginowan City, Okinawa Island, to a new airfield to be built at Henoko, a small coastal town in the north-east of the island. The waters off Henoko are home to a myriad of species, including the critically endangered dugong. In a 1997 nonbinding plebiscite, the people of Henoko and Nago City voted 53% against the relocation plan. For opponents of the new airfield, the dugong has become a symbol for the environmental and human insecurity that is engendered when a government prioritises security – defined as military security against external threats – above everything; a species, an ecosystem, the safety and democratic will of its people. Such a traditional, Realist definition of security that, in effect, The US military is responsible for the dwindling Dugong numbers Peter Galvin '09 Center for biological Diversity http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/species/mammals/Okinawa_dugong/index.html
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