Vagi Rei, Dr Cara Miller
Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society International, USA
The development of a long-term cetacean conservation and management plan that will increase knowledge of the diversity of cetaceans in Papua New Guinea. This project will undertake whale surveys in the Bismarck Sea and will help develop the practical field research skills of Papua scientists.
Dr Ejaz Ahmad
World Wide Fund for Nature, Pakistan
Surveys that will aid the conservation of whale and dolphin populations in the North Arabian Sea, along the Balochistan Coast in Pakistan determining their abundance, diversity, and seasonal habitat use. The surveys will help in managing threats to cetaceans in this region.
Aisake Batisbasanga, Saras Sharma
University of the South Pacific, Fiji
A study that will document the migration patterns of endangered Oceania humpback whales in Fijian waters and establish a long-term dataset for monitoring trends in humpback whale migration.
Dr Brian Smith, Rubaiyat Mansur Mowgli
Wildlife Conservation Society, USA
A study that will assess the abundance, ranging patterns, habitat selection and fisheries interactions of Indo-Pacific humpback and Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins in coastal waters of the Bay of Bengal, Bangladesh
Dr Eric Verheij, Dr Isabel Beasley, Olo Gebia
WWF Western Melanesia Programme Office. Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
Increasing local capacity to research and conserve marine mammals in the Kikori River Delta, Papua New Guinea.
Dr. Ellen Hines, Mr. Somchai Mananansap
San Francisco State University, San Francisco, USA
Coastal Marine Mammals along the Eastern Gulf of Thailand
Olive Andrews, Tiare Holm
Whales Alive
Palau Cetacean Research Project
