Australian Marine Mammal Centre hosts important research
More than $700,000 in funding for non-lethal whale research was announced by the Australian Government in June. A $267,000 Indo-Pacific Cetacean Research and Conservation Fund (IPCF) will support four three-year projects in Papua New Guinea, Pakistan, Fiji and Bangladesh while a $440,000 Bill Dawbin Postdoctoral Fellowship was awarded to Dr Amanda Hodgson of Murdoch University for applied cetacean research. The work will be administered through the Australian Marine Mammal Centre based at the Australian Antarctic Division. The international work of the centre recognises the large-scale movements of many marine mammal species and accommodates Australia’s national and international obligations.
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- Surveying Pakistan's whales and dolphins (Australian Antarctic Magazine – Issue 19: 2010)
- Fiji focuses on endangered humpback whales (Australian Antarctic Magazine – Issue 19: 2010)
- Capacity building in Papua New Guinea (Australian Antarctic Magazine – Issue 19: 2010)
- Dolphin hotspot a conservation priority (Australian Antarctic Magazine – Issue 19: 2010)
- Unmanned aircraft count for conservation (Australian Antarctic Magazine – Issue 19: 2010)