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Pacific Islands Region
For the latest news on our Pacific Regions work follow Cara Miller's blog.
Whales, dolphins and porpoises migrate over large distances, connecting ocean ecosystems and cultures throughout the Pacific Islands Region (PIR).
The Countries and Territories of this region have recently demonstrated global leadership in cetacean conservation by ratifying the Convention of Migratory Species (CMS) Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for Cetaceans and their Habitats in the PIR (CMS 2006). This agreement is an important step forward in facilitating deeper region-wide cooperation to address issues of shared responsibility including threat reduction, habitat protection and the establishment of migratory corridors, research, monitoring, and information exchange, regional capacity building, the development of sustainable and responsible cetacean based tourism.
The commitment to the agreement has already garnered strong regional support and is being progressed with the understanding that work needs to be done to increase our understanding of cetaceans in the region (Reeves et al. 1999, Miller 2007). Priority actions and gaps in information have been identified in a recently drafted CMS MoU regional whale and dolphin action plan. Once formally agreed, it is this plan that will guide signatories to prioritize and coordinate their regional research and capacity building efforts for cetacean conservation.
Find at more at: www.wdcs.org/submissions_bin/pacific_islands_projects.pdf
For the latest news on our Pacific Regions work follow Cara Miller's blog.
Whales, dolphins and porpoises migrate over large distances, connecting ocean ecosystems and cultures throughout the Pacific Islands Region (PIR).
The Countries and Territories of this region have recently demonstrated global leadership in cetacean conservation by ratifying the Convention of Migratory Species (CMS) Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for Cetaceans and their Habitats in the PIR (CMS 2006). This agreement is an important step forward in facilitating deeper region-wide cooperation to address issues of shared responsibility including threat reduction, habitat protection and the establishment of migratory corridors, research, monitoring, and information exchange, regional capacity building, the development of sustainable and responsible cetacean based tourism.
The commitment to the agreement has already garnered strong regional support and is being progressed with the understanding that work needs to be done to increase our understanding of cetaceans in the region (Reeves et al. 1999, Miller 2007). Priority actions and gaps in information have been identified in a recently drafted CMS MoU regional whale and dolphin action plan. Once formally agreed, it is this plan that will guide signatories to prioritize and coordinate their regional research and capacity building efforts for cetacean conservation.
Find at more at: www.wdcs.org/submissions_bin/pacific_islands_projects.pdf
Related programs linksSpeciesCritical habitat (MPAs) South West Pacific 
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