CARIBBEAN: Unknown State of Whales and Dolphins

ARTICLE: CARIBBEAN: Unknown State of Whales and Dolphins. By Patricia Grogg.

HAVANA, Jul 18 (IPS/IFEJ) - The Wider Caribbean region is the habitat of a quarter of the planet's sea mammals, but little is known about the state of their conservation here, warn experts. Inter Press Service

Labels: Caribbean, conservation, dolphins, whales

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New whale sanctuary for the Caribbean

The Caribbean Environment Programme (CEP) is optimistic that endangered humpback whales in the Wider Caribbean will be better protected under a new agreement signed by the Dominican Republic's Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources and the United States' National Marine Sanctuary Program. June 13, 2007. Caribbean Beat Blog

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