Dear Colleagues, The World Cetacean Alliance has been working on the creation of a global guidance document for wild cetacean tourism activities that will be published in a report commissioned by Club Med. The creation of these guidelines up to this point has been as a result of extensive stakeholder engagement activities with a range of experts in the field. The final set of guidelines will also go on to be the WCA approved Global criteria for Boat-based and swim-with cetacean tourism. The WCA will use this criteria as a standard for the wider industry to adhere to by implementing it across a range of accreditation schemes in 2018 and beyond. I would like to sincerely thank all those that have provided expertise, advice, feedback and reviews on the global guidance document so far. Please help us finalise these important criteria by completing the following two surveys. Boat-based whale and dolphin watching survey: https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/boatbased Swim-with wild cetacean survey: https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/swimwith The surveys should take approximately 15 minutes and 20 minutes respectively. We would like to let all those who have already contributed comments and reviews know that these were gratefully received and that they are being taken into account and will be considered when finalising the guidelines. However, please do not be concerned if you do not see the changes you have suggested in these surveys. To get a full view of opinions we have decided to leave some of these statements as they originally appeared. The deadline to complete the surveys will be the 14th of January 2018. Best wishes, Sophie -- Sophie Lewis Responsible Whale Watching Project Manager *World Cetacean Alliance <http://goog_1309175355>* [image: https://chuffed.org/project/love4whales] <https://chuffed.org/project/love4whales> *T *+44 (0)1273 355011 <+44%201273%20355011> *E *sophie.lewis@worldcetaceanalliance.org <dylan@worldcetaceanalliance.org>* W *worldcetaceanalliance.org *W2 *whaleheritagesites.org *W3 *worldwhaleconference.org <http://www.worldwhaleconference.org/> *A *Studio 3, Lower Promenade, Madeira Drive, Brighton, BN2 1ET, UK *The World Cetacean Alliance (WCA) is a Partnership of over 90 non-profit organisations, whale and dolphin watching tour operators and individuals in 40 countries worldwide working collaboratively to protect cetaceans and their habitats. World Cetacean Alliance, the Secretariat to the Partnership, is a UK registered Charity no. 1160484. * *The content of this e-mail is intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom it is addressed. If you have received this communication in error, be aware that forwarding it, copying it, or in any way disclosing its content to any other person, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the author by replying to this e-mail immediately.* *Please consider the environment before printing this email or it's attachments. *