17
May
New York Declaration on Animal Consciousness
On April 19, 2024, the New York Declaration on Animal Consciousness was published by New York University. It addresses the capacity of non-human animals to... Continue Reading
15
May
Collaboration with the Marine Mammal Advisory Group (MMAG)
M.E.E.R. has recently begun collaborating with the Marine Mammal Advisory Group (MMAG). The MMAG (mmag.world) focuses extensively on the issue of collisions between boats and... Continue Reading
1
Mar
Success! IUCN Designates the Canary Islands as an IMMA
The IUCN Marine Mammal Protected Areas Task Force recently announced the designation of 39 new Important Marine Mammal Areas (IMMAs) in the North-East Atlantic and... Continue Reading
15
Jan
Internship on La Gomera in November 2023
by Christina Sommer Our two-week behavioural biology internship course on La Gomera consisted of 7 whale watching tours and 5 meetings for a total of... Continue Reading
22
Nov
We mourn the loss of Bernd Brederlau, founding member of M.E.E.R.
An obituary from Fabian Ritter In October 2023, Bernd Brederlau passed away – very surprisingly and much too early. Bernd was one of three in... Continue Reading
17
Nov
PMC CONFERENCE IN STRALSUND
At this year’s international marine conservation conference “Progress in Marine Conservation” (PMC) – held by the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (BfN) and the Marine... Continue Reading
8
Oct
Master’s thesis on bottlenose dolphins
Viviane Yuri Oide Komati recently completed her master’s thesis under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Dominik Martin-Creuzburg at the Institute for Freshwater Ecology at the... Continue Reading
8
Oct
The battle over Icelandic whaling
After the Icelandic government had suspended fin whaling until August 31, 2023 on the basis of a report by the Icelandic Food and Veterinary Authority... Continue Reading
15
Sep
Icelandic Whaling Stopped – Forever?
The Icelandic government has suspended whaling until at least August 31, 2023, based on a recently published report by the Icelandic Food and Veterinary Authority... Continue Reading
5
May
November 2023: the behavioural biology internship is now bookable!
The new course dates have been set: 11. – 25. November 2023 !!! Course content: We are now including a new focus area: in addition... Continue Reading