For over 50 years, WWF has been a leader in whale and dolphin conservation.
WWF’s Protecting Whales and Dolphins Initiative is a global conservation programme, working to enhance shared learnings and tackle the problems of bycatch, shipping impacts and habitat loss/degradation, which are increasingly threatening cetacean survival.
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An estimated 300,000 whales, dolphins and porpoises are killed each year as a result of fisheries bycatch. Populations are impacted by increasing ship traffic and the loss of important habitats impacted by climate change, crucial for their survival.
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WWF Protecting Whales & Dolphins Initiative equip experts, industry, policy makers and Governments with tools and solutions to safeguard our ocean giants for future generations.
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WHALES & DOLPHINS ARE NATURE POSITIVE
They play an important role in the overall health of our oceans. Protecting populations can conserve other species and whole ecosystems.
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