MSC - Performance Story Report- Evaluation of Investment in Dugong and Marine Project  

The Dugong and Marine Turtle Project is a stand-out success.
As a major project attracting significant Australian Government funding, the
outcomes achieved in the project have outstripped the original expectations. In
terms of the key evaluation questions, a network of skilled Indigenous and non-
Indigenous land and sea managers has been established across northern Australia.
Where the project is operating, community based management planning is leading to
more effective management of threats to species and habitats. Multiple lines of
evidence from science and on-country interviews confirm changes in attitude,
capacity and practice, including greater protection of habitat and self imposed spatial
closures and limits on harvest.