https://nzobisipt.niwa.co.nz/resource?r=vess-vanuatu-dugong-questionnaire Christina Shaw Vanuatu Eviornmental Science Society Director

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+678 5510026 vess@vanuatuconservation.org http://www.vanuatuconservation.org Christina Shaw Vanuatu Eviornmental Science Society Director

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+678 5510026 vess@vanuatuconservation.org http://www.vanuatuconservation.org Christina Shaw seashawconservation@gmail.com user 2025-09-18 eng These sightings of dugongs are where members of the local communities say they have seen dugongs during interviews for the CMS dugong catch/ by catch standardised questionnaire. The questionnaire survey was conducted between 2015 and 2017. Sightings were where people remembered seeing dugongs in their lifetimes and some of the dates may not be accurate. The locations of the sightings were drawn onto paper maps and them transcribed to Google earth, hence they may not be accurate. Occurrence dugong GBIF Dataset Type Vocabulary: http://rs.gbif.org/vocabulary/gbif/dataset_type.xml Occurrence GBIF Dataset Type Vocabulary: http://rs.gbif.org/vocabulary/gbif/dataset_type_2015-07-10.xml Observation GBIF Dataset Subtype Vocabulary: http://rs.gbif.org/vocabulary/gbif/dataset_subtype.xml marine, harvested by iOBIS This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC) 4.0 License. http://www.vanuatuconservation.org Vanuatu 165.454 171.519 -13.24 -20.509 Dugongs species Dugong dugon dugong Record the historic dugong sightings data from Vanuatu collected during a dugongs questionnaire survey 2015-2017 Thank you to David Bloom and John Weiczorek, the instructors on this project for the help and guidance on publishing this data. notPlanned Christina Shaw Vanuatu Eviornmental Science Society Director

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+678 5510026 vess@vanuatuconservation.org http://www.vanuatuconservation.org Students and new graduates were training in how to conduct the CMS dugong catch /by-catch standardised questionnaire. the survey team traveled throughout Vanuatu conducting the questionnaire. The responses were collected on paper and then transcribed into an excel spreadsheet when back in the VESS office. Sightings and areas were drawn on paper maps during the questionnaire and transcribed to google earth once back at the office. Sightings of dugongs throughout Vanuatu These sightings of dugongs are where local communities members say they have seen dugongs during interviews for the CMS dugong catch/ by catch standardised questionnaire. The questionnaire survey was conducted between 2015 and 2017. Sightings were where people remembered seeing dugongs in their lifetimes and some of the dates may not be accurate. The locations of the sightings were drawn onto paper maps and them transcribed to Google earth, hence they may not be accurate. Christina Shaw principalInvestigator Douglas Koran contentProvider The purpose of this project is to build capacity for institutions and organisations in the Pacific to mobilise and publish data. Specifically for VESS, the project is giving our organisation capacity and tools to publish the biodiversity data we are collecting currently and in the future including from a Dugong and Seagrass Conservation Project. This project is the Vanuatu component of the Dugong and Seagrass Conservation Project which is funded by the Global Environment Facility (GEF). The global project is supported by the Dugong Secretariat of the Convention on Migratory Species (CMS) and project managed by Mohamed bin Zayed Species (MbZ) Conservation Fund. The project in Vanuatu is implemented by VESS and supported by the Department of Environmental Protection and Conservation, the Vanuatu Fisheries Department and the Department of Tourism Data prepared and published under GBIF project "Capacity building and data mobilization for conservation and decision making in the South Pacific" - BID-PA2016-0002-REG with thanks to the John and Dave Foundation. Vanuatu 2018-06-21T14:29:07.028+12:00 dataset Shaw C (2025). Vanuatu dugong sightings recorded during CMS dugong catch / by-catch standardised questionnaire 2015-2017. Version 1.5. Southwestern Pacific Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS) Node. Occurrence dataset. https://nzobisipt.niwa.co.nz/resource?r=vess-vanuatu-dugong-questionnaire&v=1.5 historic sightings recorded by interview survey from 2015 to 2017 https://nzobisipt.niwa.co.nz/resource?id=vess-vanuatu-dugong-questionnaire/v1.5.xml