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Okinawa Dugong & Proposed Airbase

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Federal Judge Rules Against U.S. Defense Department Plans for Airbase in Habitat of Okinawa Dugong

Thursday, January 24, 2008

International Conservation Groups Call on Bush & Koizumi to Save the Okinawa Dugong

Tuesday, September 7, 2004

Okinawa Air Base Deal Still Controversial

Wednesday, October 26, 2005

Judge Rules US Defense Department Must Consider Fate of Okinawan Dugong

Wednesday, March 2, 2005

Files

Dugong Decision (1/24/08)

(Legal Document)

Dugong Opposition to Motion to Dismiss

(Legal Document)

Dugong Complaint

(Legal Document)

Okinawa Dugong & Proposed Airbase Ruling

(Legal Document)

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One of the endangered dugongs off the coast of Okinawa
Photo by Suehiro Nitta, courtesy Association to Protect Northernmost Dugong

The American military is trying to force the Japanese government to build a new airbase on a reef used by endangered dugong (cousin to the Florida manatee) for feeding and resting. In January 2008, a federal judge ruled against the Department of Defense, ordering the DoD to consider the impact of the base on the dugong's habitat.

Center for Biological Diversity

Committee Against Heliport Construction - Save Life Society

Dugong Network Okinawa

Japan Environmental Lawyers Foundation

Save The Dugong Foundation

Turtle Island Restoration Network

Martin Wagner

Staff:
Martin Wagner

Clients:
Center for Biological Diversity
Committee Against Heliport Construction - Save Life Society
Dugong Network Okinawa
Japan Environmental Lawyers Foundation
Save The Dugong Foundation
Turtle Island Restoration Network

Last Updated: June 30, 2010
Case Number # 24620