International Petition campaign to Protect the dugong in Okinawa
(2002-2007)

"We required to withdraw the existing plans to construct a
U.S. military base facility, that will destroy the habitat of
the northernmost dugong."

1. Ｗithdraw planｓ to construct a US air base which will destroy the habitat of the Northernmost dugong.
2. Immediately take action to preserve the environment of Okinawa and save the dugong under the responsibility of the Japanese government.

Since October 2002, we have petitioned for these demands and 13,479 signatures from people all over the world have been collected.
We submitted it to the Japanese Government in June 2007.

Thank you for your kind cooperation!!

Countries from which we could collect signatures:
Mari, Bolivia, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Germany, Iran, Spain, Italy, Pakistan, the Gambia, the Netherlands, Denmark, Gabon, Trinidad and Tobago, South Korea, India, Bulgaria, Mexico, Colombia, Taiwan, Israel, Jordan, Sri Lanka, U.S.A., Finland, China, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Kenya, Canada, Mongolia, Malaysis, Yemen, Cameroon, Zimbabwe, Togo, Nepal, Russia, the Philippines, Ghana, Switzerland, U.K., Argentina, France, Thailand, Chile, Madagascar, Mozambique, Australia, Laos, Algeria, Botswana, Guinea, Uzbekistan, Tanzania, Brazil, Rwanda, Senegal, the Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Costa Rica, Turkey, Slovakia, the Ivory Coast, Norway, Suriname, Cuba, Lebanon, Romania, Sweden, Indonesia, Honduras, Guatemala, New Zealand/Aotearoa, Vietnam, Austria, Burkina Faso, Nicaragua, Peru, Venezuela, Tunisia, Cambodia, Niger, and Japan