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.
Plastic Pollution and Human Health
A presentation was recently given to CUSAT regarding the impacts of plastic pollution on human health and marine life in ...
Uruguay Moves Closer To Approving a Nat...
In November 2012, senators and representatives on the Committee on Environment and Public Works endorsed a proposal for a whale ...
Partner with Global Ocean for World Ocea...
June 8th is World Oceans Day. We would love to hear from you about ideas to remedy the Plastic Poison ...
Coastal Clean Up Campaign India
over a hundred students joined our Coastal Clean Up Campaign in Fort Kochi
NGO MARAPA Report
Download this report in Portugese HERE. "POTENTIAL AND CHALLENGES OF WHALE WATCHING IN SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE" Contributed by Bastien ...
Whalefest 2012
On the 27th and 28th October, in Brighton, Whalefest 2012 saw the congregation of exhibitors from a wide range of ...
