Tamil Nadu to set up India's first Dugong Conservation Reserve in Palk Bay / ਤਾਮਿਲਨਾਡੂ ਪਾਲਕ ਖਾੜੀ 'ਚ ਭਾਰਤ ਦਾ ਪਹਿਲਾ ਡੁਗੋਂਗ ਕੰਜ਼ਰਵੇਸ਼ਨ ਰਿਜ਼ਰਵ ਸਥਾਪਤ ਕਰੇਗਾ।
•IUCN Red List – Vulnerable
•AKA - “sea cow”.
•Only strictly herbivorous marine mammal in existence
The IUCN World Conservation Congress 2025 (Abu Dhabi) adopted a resolution recognising India’s first Dugong Conservation Reserve in Palk Bay, Tamil Nadu as a global model for marine biodiversity conservation.
India’s first Dugong Conservation Reserve, notified in September 2022 under the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972.