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The carcass of a dugong was found floating off the coast of Trang’s Koh Muk island on Monday and has been taken to the Marine and Coastal Resources Research Centre, lower Andaman Sea, for an autopsy.

The Natural Resource and Environment Ministry launched the “Marium Project” on Monday, two years after the death of eight-month-old dugong “Marium”.

The death of another dugong has prompted Natural Resources and Environment Minister Varawut Silpa-Archa to push efforts to boost the population of the endangered mammals.

Urgent attempts by veterinarians and Krabi’s Hat Noppharat Thara-Mu Ko Phi Phi National Park officials to save the life of a severely injured dugong have proved unsuccessful.

A hungry dugong was found crying for help on a beach in Trang province on Sunday after the tide ebbed and left it stranded.

The Committee on Marine and Coastal Resources Management announced plans to boost the population of dugongs on Monday (August 17) – Thai Dugong Day.

As many as 30 dugongs were found on Wednesday (April 22) off the shore of Trang’s Hat Chao Mai National Park.

The declaration of Hat Chao Mai National Park and Mu Koh Libong as non-hunting areas in Trang province and the declaration of Mu Koh Angthong National Marine Park as Asean Heritage for its rich natural beauty have given a momentum to preservation efforts.

Authorities in the southern province of Krabi have set up a special task team to provide immediate care to dugongs and other rare marine life, Krabi Marine and Coastal Resources Office director Bunnarak Sermthong said on Thursday (September 5). This is in a bid to boost their chance of survival after the past two months saw 10 dugongs, turtles and dolphins being swept ashore and dying.

Trang’s ambitious plan to turn Koh Libong into an Asean model for the conservation of dugong, sea grass, coral, marine life, coastal resources and traditional lifestyles has garnered unanimous support, including from the Department of Marine and Coastal Resources, the Andaman Foundation, community leaders and traditional fishermen’s representatives.

The Department of Marine and Coastal Resources (DMCR) has launched a set of Line stickers to mark the tragic deaths of two rescued baby dugongs to raise funds for the protection of the marine environment.