Bárbara Galletti and Vernazzani Muñoz: Campaign Chile 2008 a Whale Sanctuary

Barbara Galletti (Photo credit: Constanza Poduje)

Read about the success of their campaign in the press releases below.

Barbara says 'I am very excited about the results of our campaign to declare Chilean waters as whale sanctuary. This will certainly benefits cetacean conservation in Chile since the project of law signed by President Bachelet not only consolidate a policy on non lethal use of cetaceans by banning permanently all whaling activities but also includes articles to enforce whale watching regulation and protect critical habitats for cetacean species, among others (the legal framework that we lacked). Thus this will directly benefit blue whales conservation in Chiloe as well as all cetacean species in Chile'.