Dear Colleagues, REQUEST: HELP US DEFINE RESPONSIBLE WHALE WATCHING DESTINATIONS IN 60 SECONDS We would like to request your assistance as we compile a report entitled: ‘Best Practice Framework for Responsible Whale and Dolphin Watching Destinations’ We are asking anybody involved with whale and dolphin watching around the world – whale watch operators, scientists, NGOs, whale watchers and other stakeholders – if you could spare just one minute of your time to complete our survey to define how responsible and sustainable your local whale or dolphin watching area is. Respondents will be credited in the report. Your comments will enable us to highlight case study destinations in the report, describing their framework for best practice. Click here to complete the survey: https://surveyplanet.com/55afc1cc21cabf47432938cb The Best Practice Framework will be used by destinations promoting or developing whale and dolphin watching to guide and inform the specific, locally tailored standards that operators and other stakeholders agree to comply with in their own destinations. In addition, by showcasing effective models within this Framework the report will also assist those destinations either starting up, or with limited resources, particularly in the developing world, by illustrating the models most likely to lead to success for them. If you own, manage or work for a whale or dolphin watching organisation, we would greatly appreciate you taking the time to complete the survey. Alternatively perhaps you could reply directly to philippa@worldcetaceanalliance.org with any comments you have about responsible whale and dolphin watching at a destination that you know well. We will be happy to circulate the results of this survey back to the Marmam group on completion. With thanks in advance for your help. Philippa Dell WCA Working Group on Responsible Whale Watching World Cetacean Alliance, Studio 3, Lower Promenade, Madeira Drive, Brighton, BN2 1ET, UK Office: +44(0)1273 355011 Web: www.worldcetaceanalliance.org Email: philippa@worldcetaceanalliance.org