Tomorrow I’m heading to the small island state of São Tome and Principe, lying 150 miles (240 km) from the West African mainland.
There it will take place the 1st International Encounter on Local Development. I’m to give a lecture on whale-watching, and its perspectives on country, giving examples and making considerations in relation to the industry itself, its benefits to the coastal communities and sustainable ways of building a long lasting profitable industry based on conservation and research bases in order to achieve a consistence platform of work.
Besides taking part on the event I’ll be having meetings with the decision-makers in government, representatives from the Civil Society (NGOs) and the tourism sector. The aim is to provide scientific and practical advice and suggestions regarding the use of cetaceans as a resource, and ways of implementing and cementing t – in accordance to the material also given in the presentation.
Considerations of the voyage to be displayed daily…