Projects
The Lamalera Project
Some years ago Deborah Burton's father, former-whaler John Burton, developed a relationship with the Lamalerans, the last remaining whalers who hunt sperm whales by hand. Their conversations were focussed on exploring ways to help the community develop and John offered to help in this effort. Deborah visited Lamalera in July 2007 to raise the possibility of whale and dolphin watching, and to that end, the community supported the idea to bring a whale-watch workshop to the island. Deborah joined with Erich Hoyt, a world expert on whale watching, to organise the workshop. The Lamalera Project, funded to date by Global Ocean with WDCS, the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society, Humane Society International, the Greenpeace Educational Trust and the International Institute for Environment & Development (IIED), offers an opportunity for the people of Lamalera to develop a community-owned, sustainable whale and dolphin watching company as part of a larger effort towards self-reliance for this remote island community.
WhaleFest 2011
The first and largest event of its kind in Europe, WhaleFest ran the weekend of bonfire night this fall in ...
SUPPORT Whale Like Me Film Production
Global Ocean intern, Shen Yan Liow has recently participated herself in the Whale Like Me film production. This summer, she ...
Ocean Activists come together to March a...
On 31 July 2011 approximately 50 ocean activists from around the UK gathered in sunny London for the Ocean Awareness ...
Minds in the Water - London Screening
On the 24th of July, Global Ocean attended a screening of a new eco-documentary 'Minds in the Water' presented by ...
Erich Hoyt's revised handbook for cetace...
Announcing the new, fully revised 2nd Edition of Marine Protected Areas for Whales, Dolphins and Porpoises: A world handbook for ...
Minds in the Water
Global Ocean has provided funds to support the film team with a focused media tour in order to obtain distribution ...
