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Will the U.S. Military Do Right by the Dugong?


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John Platt

Source: Scientific American

December 15, 2009

 

Could a plan to build a 2.5-mile-long airfield in Okinawa, Japan, doom a rare manateelike species to extinction? That's the assertion of more than 400 environmental organizations, which recently sent a letter to President Obama urging him to cancel the plans to expand Camp Schwab, a U.S. Marine Corps base on Okinawa island.

 

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