Collaborators

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.

Chris Johnson, Global Lead

WWF Protecting Whales & Dolphins Initiative

Initiative Governance Team

  • Rochelle Constantine

    Rochelle Constantine

    Professor;

    University of Auckland, New Zealand

  • Violaine Dulau

    Dr. Violaine Dulau

    Director;

    Globice, Reunion Island

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    Chris Johnson

    Global Lead;

    WWF Protecting Whales and Dolphins Initiative

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    Daniel Palacios

    Senior Scientist and the Director;

    Oregon St University & Center for Coastal Studies, USA

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    Simone Panigada

    President;

    Tethys Research Institute, Italy

  • Rui Prieto

    Rui Prieto

    Marine Researcher

    University of Azores, Portugal

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    Ryan Reisinger

    Associate Professor in Marine Ecology;

    University of Southampton, UK

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    Els Vermeulen

    Senior lecturer and research manager;

    University of Pretoria, South Africa

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    Alexandre N Zerbini

    Senior Scientist;

    University of Washington & MarEcoTel USA

  • Ari Friedlaender

    Ari Friedlaender

    Professior;

    University of California, Santa Cruz, USA

Data Contributors & Collaborators

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    Olivier Adam

    Professor;

    Neuro PSI, France

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    Dr. Virginia Andrews-Goff 

    Research Scientist

    Australian Antarctic Program

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    Dr. Artur Andriolo

    Instituto Aqualie

  • Natalia Botero Acosta

    Dr. Natalia Botero Acosta

    Fundación Macuáticos, Colombia

  • Dr Marie-Anne Blanchet

    Dr. Marie-Anne Blanchet

    Researcher

    Norweigan Polar Institute

  • Dr. Emma Carroll

    Dr. Emma Carroll

    Associate Professor

    University of Auckland, New Zealand

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    Dr. Salvatore Cerchio

    Director of African Cetaceans

    African Aquatic Conservation Fund

  • Dr. Tim Collins

    Dr. Tim Collins

    Conservation Scientist

    Wildlife Conservation Society

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    Dr. Mariano Coscarella

    Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Argentina

  • Solene Derville

    Dr. Solène Derville

    Research Scientist

    French National Research Institute for Sustainable Development (IRD), New Caledonia

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    Valeria Falabella

    Wildlife Conservation Society

  • Steve Ferguson

    Steven H. Ferguson

    Marine Mammal Research Scientist

    Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Canada

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    Dr. Sabrina Fossette

    MEGAPTERA, France

  • Claire Garrigue

    Dr. Claire Garrigue

    Operation Cetaces, New Caledonia

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    Dr. Raul Gonzalez

    Comahue, Argentina

  • Rob Harcourt

    Rob Harcourt

    Honorary Professor

    Macquarie University, Australia

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    Dr. Mads Peter Heide-Jørgensen

    Greenland Institute of Natural Resources

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    Helena Herr

    Marine Biodiversity Conservation Manager;

    University of Hamburg, Germany

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    Nathalie Houtman

    Advisor, Ocean Connectivity

    WWF Netherlands

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    Erich Hoyt

    Co-chair and Co-founder;

    IUCN SSC-WCPA Marine Mammal Protected Areas Task Force

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    Dr. Amy Kennedy

    Research Scientist

  • Kit Kovacs

    Professor Kit M. Kovacs

    Svalbard Programme Leader

    Norweigan Polar Institute

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    Véronique Lesage

    Cetacean Research Scientist;

    Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Canada

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    Giuseppe Notarbartolo di Sciara

    Co-chair and Co-founder;

    IUCN SSC-WCPA Marine Mammal Protected Areas Task Force

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    Dr Gianna Minton

    IUCN SSC-WCPA Marine Mammal Protected Areas Task Force

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    Viola Panigada

    PhD student;

    Duke University, USA

  • Leena Riekkola

    Dr. Leena Riekkola

    Rutherford Postdoctoral Fellow

    University of Auckland, New Zealand

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    Dr. Audun Rikardsen

    Professor

    UiT: The Arctic University of Norway

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    Dr. Howard Rosenbaum

    Director, Ocean Giants Program

    Wildlife Conservation Society

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    Anjara Saloma

    Researcher,

    Cétamada, Madagascar

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    Maïa Sarrouf Willson

    Research and Conservation Manager

    Environment Society of Oman

  • Maritza Sepúlveda

    Dr. Maritza Sepúlveda

    Universidad Valparaíso, Chile

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    Dr Mariano Sironi

    Scientific Director

    Instituto de Conservación de Ballenas

  • Kate Sprogis

    Dr. Kate Sprogis

    Researcher

    The University of Western Australia

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    Laurène Trudelle

    Project manager: Whale-Watching Program;

    Institut des Neurosciences Paris-Saclay

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    Dr. Marcela Uhart

    Director of the Latin America Program

    Karen C. Drayer Wildlife Health Center at UC Davis

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    Michel Vely

    President Association;

    MEGAPTERA, France

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    Andrew Willson

    Founding Director;

    Future Seas, Oman

  • Josh Wilson

    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.