Protecting Blue Corridors combines 30 years of satellite tracking data to identify critical whale habitats and migratory routes in an effort to aid global and regional conservation plans, mitigate threats, and support governments and industries with solutions.
Protecting blue corridors for whales will help protect our oceans and ourselves.
Initiative Governance Team
Dr. Rochelle Constantine
Professor;
University of Auckland, New Zealand
Dr. Violaine Dulau
Director;
Globice, Reunion Island
Chris Johnson
Global Lead;
WWF Protecting Whales and Dolphins Initiative
Dr. Daniel Palacios
Senior Scientist and the Director;
Oregon St University & Center for Coastal Studies, USA
Dr. Simone Panigada
President;
Tethys Research Institute, Italy
Dr. Rui Prieto
Marine Researcher
University of Azores, Portugal
Dr. Ryan Reisinger
Associate Professor in Marine Ecology;
University of Southampton, UK
Dr. Els Vermeulen
Senior lecturer and research manager;
University of Pretoria, South Africa
Dr. Alexandre N. Zerbini
Senior Scientist;
University of Washington & MarEcoTel USA
Dr. Ari Friedlaender
Professior;
University of California, Santa Cruz, USA
Data Contributors & Collaborators
Dr. Olivier Adam
Professor;
Neuro PSI, France
Dr. Virginia Andrews-Goff
Research Scientist
Australian Antarctic Program
Dr. Artur Andriolo
Instituto Aqualie
Dr. Natalia Botero Acosta
Fundación Macuáticos, Colombia
Dr. Marie-Anne Blanchet
Researcher
Norweigan Polar Institute
Dr. Gill Braulik
IUCN SSC-WCPA Marine Mammal Protected Areas Task Force, Scotland
Dr. Emma Carroll
Associate Professor
University of Auckland, New Zealand
Dr. Salvatore Cerchio
Director of African Cetaceans
African Aquatic Conservation Fund
Dr. Tim Collins
Conservation Scientist
Wildlife Conservation Society
Dr. Mariano Coscarella
Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Argentina
Dr. Solène Derville
Research Scientist
French National Research Institute for Sustainable Development (IRD), New Caledonia
Valeria Falabella
Wildlife Conservation Society
Dr. Steven H. Ferguson
Marine Mammal Research Scientist
Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Canada
Dr. Sabrina Fossette
MEGAPTERA, France
Dr. Claire Garrigue
Operation Cetaces, New Caledonia
Dr. Raul Gonzalez
Comahue, Argentina
Dr. Rob Harcourt
Honorary Professor
Macquarie University, Australia
Dr. Mads Peter Heide-Jørgensen
Greenland Institute of Natural Resources
Dr. Helena Herr
Marine Biodiversity Conservation Manager;
University of Hamburg, Germany
Nathalie Houtman
Advisor, Ocean Connectivity
WWF Netherlands
Erich Hoyt
Co-chair and Co-founder;
IUCN SSC-WCPA Marine Mammal Protected Areas Task Force
Dr. Amy Kennedy
Research Scientist
Professor Kit M. Kovacs
Svalbard Programme Leader
Norweigan Polar Institute
Dr. Véronique Lesage
Cetacean Research Scientist;
Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Canada
Dr. Giuseppe Notarbartolo di Sciara
Co-chair and Co-founder;
IUCN SSC-WCPA Marine Mammal Protected Areas Task Force
Dr. Gianna Minton
IUCN SSC-WCPA Marine Mammal Protected Areas Task Force, Netherlands
Viola Panigada
PhD student;
Duke University, USA
Dr. Leena Riekkola
Rutherford Postdoctoral Fellow
University of Auckland, New Zealand
Dr. Audun Rikardsen
Professor
UiT: The Arctic University of Norway
Dr. Howard Rosenbaum
Director, Ocean Giants Program
Wildlife Conservation Society
Dr. Anjara Saloma
Researcher,
Cétamada, Madagascar
Maïa Sarrouf Willson
Research and Conservation Manager
Environment Society of Oman
Mduduzi Seakamela
Principal Investigator of Applied Marine Mammal Research
South Africa, Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE)
Dr. Maritza Sepúlveda
Universidad Valparaíso, Chile
Dr. Mariano Sironi
Scientific Director
Instituto de Conservación de Ballenas
Dr. Kate Sprogis
Researcher
The University of Western Australia
Dr. Laurène Trudelle
Project manager: Whale-Watching Program;
Institut des Neurosciences Paris-Saclay
Dr. Marcela Uhart
Director of the Latin America Program
Karen C. Drayer Wildlife Health Center at UC Davis
Dr. Michel Vely
President Association;
MEGAPTERA, France
Dr. Andrew Willson
Founding Director;
Future Seas, Oman
Josh Wilson
PhD Student
University of Southampton, UK
Additional contributions
Case studies on this website based on the 2022 Protecting Blue Corridors report along with updated contributions from Emily Grilly (WWF-Australia), Nathalie Houtman (WWF-Netherlands), Melanie Lancaster (WWF Arctic Programme) and Yacquie Montecinos (WWF-Chile).
Special thanks to
AEIP, Heike Zidowitz, Bart Geenen, Deon Nel, Pepe Clark, Wendy Elliot, Amalia Alberini, Gilly Llewellyn, Colman O’Criodain, Pauli Merriman, Leigh Henry, Alison Cross, Steve MacLean, Ixchel Lopez, Stina Nyström, Rod Downie, Monique Van de Water, Sabine Bos, Gretchen Lyons, Magda Niedużak, Stephanie Verbeek, Rick Leck, and Dermot O’Gorman.
