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Earth Island Institute
Earth Island Institute is an international environmental organization
that promotes awareness, grassroots environmentalism and activism for
the protection, conservation and restoration of nature.
Earth Island Institute was founded in San Francisco, USA in 1982 by well-known American environmentalist David Brower. Brower, together with other visionary and dedicated environmental activists created a nimble, streamlined organization to support the work of bold individuals with big ideas on how to restore, preserve and nurture the environment.
Earth Island grows environmental leadership through education and activism. Our projects, publications, and initiatives support the biological and cultural diversity that sustain the environment.
THE INTERNATIONAL MARINE MAMMAL PROJECT
One of the first projects spearheaded by Earth Island is the International Marine Mammal Project (IMMP), dedicated to make the oceans safe for all marine mammals, as well as marine ecosystems on which they depend.
The IMMP leads the global effort to stop the slaughter of dolphins, end commercial whaling, end the use of driftnets and other destructive fishing practices and to protect key whale and dolphin habitats.
THE DOLPHIN-SAFE PROJECT
In 1986, the IMMP developed a campaign to press tuna companies to end the practice of intentionally chasing and netting dolphins with purse seine nets and to adopt "dolphin-safe" fishing practices to prevent the drowning of dolphins in tuna nets.
Evolving into one of the largest private food monitoring systems in the world, the IMMP deploys staff monitors all over the world to work with tuna companies, import associations, fishing fleets, canners and brokers to ensure that each company adopt dolphin-safe policies.
EARTH ISLAND INSTITUTE PHILIPPINES (EII-Phils)
www.earthislandph.org
In the Philippines, Earth Island Institute implements the International Monitoring Program (IMP) which monitors the biggest tuna companies in the region, ensuring that fishing operations conform to the highest standards of sustainability. The EII-Phils likewise maintains an on-board monitoring program for all tuna fishing companies.
CAMPAIGNS
EII-Phils regularly undertakes campaigns aimed to educate the public about animal welfare and the environment. EII-Phils, together with other environmental and animal welfare organizations, lead campaigns against dolphin captivity to enlighten the public about the cruelty of keeping intelligent animals such as dolphins for human amusement.
EII-Phils partners with communities in the Philippines in promoting grassroots environmentalism. We are in solidarity with farmers, fisherfolk and indigenous peoples as they reclaim and restore the commons.
EII-Phils is also part and convenor of SAVE FREEDOM ISLAND MOVEMENT that aims to restore and protect Freedom Island Bird Sanctuary (Las Pinas-Paranaque Critical Habitat & Eco-tourism Area) against threats of relentless garbage disposal in Manila Bay and the impending reclamation project of the PRA that will destroy the area's ecosystem.
See Save Freedom Island Movement's FB page for more details:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Save-Freedom-Island-Movement/261825077172453
Earth Island Institute was founded in San Francisco, USA in 1982 by well-known American environmentalist David Brower. Brower, together with other visionary and dedicated environmental activists created a nimble, streamlined organization to support the work of bold individuals with big ideas on how to restore, preserve and nurture the environment.
Earth Island grows environmental leadership through education and activism. Our projects, publications, and initiatives support the biological and cultural diversity that sustain the environment.
THE INTERNATIONAL MARINE MAMMAL PROJECT
One of the first projects spearheaded by Earth Island is the International Marine Mammal Project (IMMP), dedicated to make the oceans safe for all marine mammals, as well as marine ecosystems on which they depend.
The IMMP leads the global effort to stop the slaughter of dolphins, end commercial whaling, end the use of driftnets and other destructive fishing practices and to protect key whale and dolphin habitats.
THE DOLPHIN-SAFE PROJECT
In 1986, the IMMP developed a campaign to press tuna companies to end the practice of intentionally chasing and netting dolphins with purse seine nets and to adopt "dolphin-safe" fishing practices to prevent the drowning of dolphins in tuna nets.
Evolving into one of the largest private food monitoring systems in the world, the IMMP deploys staff monitors all over the world to work with tuna companies, import associations, fishing fleets, canners and brokers to ensure that each company adopt dolphin-safe policies.
EARTH ISLAND INSTITUTE PHILIPPINES (EII-Phils)
www.earthislandph.org
In the Philippines, Earth Island Institute implements the International Monitoring Program (IMP) which monitors the biggest tuna companies in the region, ensuring that fishing operations conform to the highest standards of sustainability. The EII-Phils likewise maintains an on-board monitoring program for all tuna fishing companies.
CAMPAIGNS
EII-Phils regularly undertakes campaigns aimed to educate the public about animal welfare and the environment. EII-Phils, together with other environmental and animal welfare organizations, lead campaigns against dolphin captivity to enlighten the public about the cruelty of keeping intelligent animals such as dolphins for human amusement.
EII-Phils partners with communities in the Philippines in promoting grassroots environmentalism. We are in solidarity with farmers, fisherfolk and indigenous peoples as they reclaim and restore the commons.
EII-Phils is also part and convenor of SAVE FREEDOM ISLAND MOVEMENT that aims to restore and protect Freedom Island Bird Sanctuary (Las Pinas-Paranaque Critical Habitat & Eco-tourism Area) against threats of relentless garbage disposal in Manila Bay and the impending reclamation project of the PRA that will destroy the area's ecosystem.
See Save Freedom Island Movement's FB page for more details:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Save-Freedom-Island-Movement/261825077172453
Why Save the Dolphins?
Dolphins belong to a group of animals called cetaceans which is comprised of baleen and toothed whales. Essentially, dolphins are toothed whales which belong to the Family Delphinidae.
In the Philippines there is a total of 26 species of cetaceans. We have in our waters a wide range of species including the biggest animal on the planet, the blue whale, as well as the small spinner dolphins. Some cetaceans are residents of a place, some travel between islands, while others migrate beyond the Philippine territorial waters.
The major threats these animals encounter include hunting, getting caught in fishing net accidentally, pollution and degradation of their habitat.
Dolphins are protected by law
It is illegal to take or catch, sell, purchase, possess, transport and export dolphins, whales and porpoises in the Philippines. Dolphins and all cetaceans are protected in the Philippines through the Fisheries Administrative Order (FAO) number 185 and 185-1 as well as FAO 208, the Fisheries Code, the Wildlife Act, and the Animal Welfare Act. However the reality is that these laws are not always enforced.
Dolphin watching in the Philippine seas
You need to experience dolphins in their natural habitat to be able to understand and appreciate them fully. Dolphin watching is the best and only way to enjoy dolphins.
We have fantastic dolphin and whale watching sites in the Philippines such as the waters around Pamilacan Island in Bohol, Tanon Strait in Negros Oriental, Puerto Princesa Bay and the Babuyan Islands to name the top ones.
Most of our dolphins are considered threatened, vulnerable, endangered or even critically endangered. We must do everything in our means to ensure their survival in the wild.
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