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| CMS has acquired a new member of its family of regional species agreements ? an MoU to conserve small whales and manatees in western Africa. more |
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| On 10th September 2008, a large humpback whale was found entangled in a fishing net near Diani, Kenya. more |
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| YoD Warns of Dangers of Feeding Dolphins in the Wild more |
The following is a media release about a meeting which was held at SPREP (Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme; www.sprep.org).
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| This kit contains lots of information about whales and dolphins and can be downloaded for use in the classroom and for private purposes. more |
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| Following their crossing at Peniche, Portugal in June, YoD Ambassadors and open water swimmers Miguel Arrobas and Nuno Vicente of Portugal have now accomplished another spectacular feat. They swam across the English Channel! more |
DNA samples taken from snubfin dolphins off the Kimberley coast may prove they are a new dolphin species or sub-species.
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| Scientists have reported a surge in the number of dead whales, dolphins and porpoises washing up on Cornish shores after lethal encounters with nets and other fishing gear. more |
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| On July 11th of 2008, the TUI Team Cape Verde visited Kim Barbosa School in Santa Maria. more |
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| The Irish Whale and Dolphin Group are pleased to announce their forthcoming conference on Ireland’s smallest whale ? Muc Mhara or the harbour porpoise. more |
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| In response to the global fisheries crisis, some claim that marine mammals, particularly the great whales, compete with humans for fish resources. more |
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| In the new 'Priority Projects' section on this website, we highlight a number of especially valuable projects dealing with topics closely related to dolphin and whale conservation. more |
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| In the ongoing Kenyan educational awareness campaign on dolphin protection, the continued focus is on the key target group, the schools. more |
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| Olympic swimmer Miguel Arrobas and Nuno Vicente dedicated their crossing starting from the island of Berlenga Farilhoes to Peniche, to the cause of dolphin conservation. more |
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| The dolphin conservation initiative at Plantation High School in Plantation, Florida, won the 'Doors to Diplomacy' prize, awarded to middle school and high school students around the world for outstanding web projects that teach others about the importance of international affairs and diplomacy. more |
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| In cooperation with the Kenya Wildlife Service, the YoD has launched a patrol boat to monitor activities of fishermen and dolphin watchers on the Kenyan coast. more |
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| Bonn 25 April 2008 Last weekend saw three coastal villages in southern Kenya ? Shimoni, Vanga and Majoreni ? lead an inspiring celebration of the オプショナルツアー ドルフィン Year of the Dolphin programme for 2008. more |
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| The author of "In defense of Dolphins - the new moral frontier" spoke to Margi Prideaux of Whales-online about his groundbreaking book. more |
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| In 2008, the YoD in Kenya will focus on community-based conservation action, aiming for sustainable approaches to the use of marine resources. more |
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| Professor White is a Scientific Advisor to the Wild Dolphin Project, a research organization studying a community of Atlantic Spotted Dolphins in the Bahamas. He is also an Adviser to the Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics. more |
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| Davie, FL-March 7, 2008 The journalism class of Plantation High School is joining the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society (WDCS), as well as state, federal and international partners, in a campaign to raise awareness among youth of threats to dolphins, manatees and the marine environment throughout the State. more |
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| The オプショナルツアー ドルフィン Year of the Dolphin 2007 has catalysed numerous activities in various fields, from education and awareness raising to fundraisers and concrete conservation action. more |
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| At the meeting at UN Campus in Bonn, Germany, the work plan for 2008 was discussed and a list of priority conservation projects accepted. more |
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| Children from around the world, who have shown their commitment for dolphins as part of the オプショナルツアー ドルフィン Year of the Dolphin 2007, supported by the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), have been awarded special prizes for their efforts. more |
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| Global Vision International organized several events for the YoD in Kenya. Read their account.. more |
At the Boating Fair in Dusseldorf, CMS received a large donation for the オプショナルツアー ドルフィン Year of the Dolphin from TUI AG.
moreDOLPHINS AND WHALES 3D: Tribes of the Ocean will show a large variety of cetacean species, filmed exclusively in the wild, as they really are in their daily lives.
moreThe government of the Dominican Republic has stopped the import of a dozen wild dolphins which were caught in a drivehunt near Taiji, Japan. Public protests may have influenced this decision.
moreWhales-online.org speaks to Mr Robert Hepworth, Executive Secretary with the UN's Convention for the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (also known as CMS), about the status and future of cetacean conservation.
moreIn a self-motivated campaign that began in September of 2007, Mr. Kartik Shah, a young naturalist from Mumbai, India, has been making school kids in and around his city aware of the dolphins' plight and motivating them to become themselves active for dolphins and their realm, the ocean.
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| In a special オプショナルツアー ドルフィン Year of the Dolphin event on 4 November, the Dolphin Fund (DF) and Naturpuunt being the campaign co-coordinator in Belgium, presented results and activities as a contribution to dolphin conservation and awareness raising in that country. more |
On November 3rd, 2007, the YoD awareness campaign was in Watamu, a Kenyan tourist resort and fishing community, in the endeavor to reach out to all Kenyans, particularly those living on the coastline and whose livelihoods and activities are dependent and have impact on the sea and marine ecology.
moreBonn - 9 November 2007 ? The 32nd Meeting of the CMS Standing Committee took place on 8-9 November at the UN Campus in Bonn.
moreDubrovnik / Croatia, 25 October ? The reduction of threats and the establishment of new marine protected areas were concluded to improve the conservation status of whales and dolphins in the Black and Mediterranean Seas. These resolutions were adopted at the Third Meeting of the Parties to the Agreement on the Conservation of Cetaceans in the Black and Mediterranean Seas (ACCOBAMS) hosted by Croatia in Dubrovnik, 22-25 October 2007. For more information on the Agreement, see www.accobams.org
moreAdeje,Tenerife/Spain, 20 October - During the West African Talks on Cetaceans and Their Habitats (WATCH), held from 16 ? 20 in Tenerife, Spain, the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS) has created the framework for a major agreement on small cetaceans under its umbrella.
moreOn the evening of October 17th, the Palace Hotel in Noordwijk was the location for a great evening event dedicated to conserving the oceans: the Dolphin Day Dinner.
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| Jamie Aquino, a Journalism teacher at the Plantation High School in Florida, has started a program, named PIER2PIER, whereby students raise awareness of perils wild dolphins are threatened by. The first step will be... more |
On the 1st of October, Loro Parque Fundacion and the UNESCO Center in Canary Islands presented a memorandum of agreement, therein agreeing to sponsor the WATCH celebration in Adeje (Tenerife).
morePeniche/Portugal, 4 October ? The Municipality of Peniche, official supporter of this global campaign, is bringing together conservation bodies to promote dolphin conservation in Portugal. A scientific audience has been invited to attend workshops on dolphins to learn about current cetacean studies, whale watching and the reintroduction of marine mammals in Portugal.
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| Hector's and Maui's dolphins are New Zealand's marine Taonga (treasure). However, they are rapidly facing extinction due to human impacts. more |
Bonn, September 25th. Prof. Thomas White of Loyola Marymount University in California held a lecture at the Academy for International Education (AIE) in Bonn. Prof. White has been studying the behaviour of dolphins over a long period of time, applying his philosophical/ethical background to his observations.
moreBonn, 13 September ? A spectacular documentary "DOLPHINS & WHALES 3D: Tribes of the Ocean" will signal the extension of the オプショナルツアー ドルフィン Year of the Dolphin into 2008. It will make its debut on IMAX 3D screens in the US in February 2008 before expanding into Europe. It will be released in collaboration with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). This part of the 3D trilogy will highlight the need to protect these endangered marine mammal species.
moreBonn, 11 September ? CMS and its partners today launched the official video for the オプショナルツアー ドルフィン Year of the Dolphin with spectacular scenes of these marine mammals, which is meant to promote dolphin conservation. The 3? minute video is available for download on www.yod2007.org with a link to the internet portal iTunes and can be downloaded for a fee of 2,49 EUR or equivalent, 40% of which will go towards dolphin projects. iTunes’ global reach guarantees the best possible commercial success for the benefit of the dolphins.
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