Niue Whale Research: Episode 1 - The Pacific Oceanscape

The Pacific Islands are home to 0.1% of the world’s people who are stewards for 10% of the ocean. It is vital to their culture, food, livelihoods and national economies. Conservation International works as a trusted adviser and partner of the Pacific Island Forum (PIF) Leaders Pacific Oceanscape, a coalition of 23 Pacific nations and territories with a shared vision of a secure future for Pacific Islanders based on the sustainable development and conservation of the Pacific Ocean.

Niue is a member of the PIF, and like various other Pacific Islands, a leader in ocean conservation having already committed their entire marine domain as a sanctuary to whales, and as a marine managed area with 127,000km2 of their ocean area as a large-scale sanctuary area. They are now in the process of drafting a marine spatial plan to manage this sustainably and consciously. We commend Niue’s leadership and look forward to supporting this initiative through science and sharing lessons from other Pacific Oceanscape sites.
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Filmed, edited and produced by:
Richard Sidey / Galaxiid
www.richardsidey.com / www.galaxiid.com

Underwater photography courtesy of:
Brooke Davis – https://www.linkedin.com/in/brooke-ryan-davis/
Aliscia Young – www.alisciayoung.com

Thanks to our partners who supported this work:
Niue DAFF
Oma Tafua
New Zealand Government
Vaughan Wellington
US Department of Interior, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
Whaleology
Tofia Niue

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