Monarch Butterfly Activists Murdered in Mexico

February 6, 2020
Screen Shot 2020-02-04 at 11.40.52 AM_0.pngMy team and I at Ocean Futures Society are mourning the loss of two people who worked to protect a monarch butterfly reserve near the town of Ocampo in the Mexican State of Michoacán ...

Australian wildfires

January 31, 2020
AustralianFires_0.jpgMany places across the Earth are experiencing the effects of climate change. Bushfires are burning out of control in Australia following their hottest and driest year ever recorded ...

The Cárcamos Wetland in León, Guanajuato, Mexico needs Protection

October 15, 2019
CarcamosWetland_1.jpgA large commercial and residential development is proposed adjacent to an important wetland in the city of León, Guanajuato, Mexico....

The Burning of the Amazon Forest

September 6, 2019
Screen Shot 2019-09-03 at 1.41.18 PM_1.pngI have been watching the images of fires burning in the Amazon with horror ...

Russia Begins the Process of Returning Captive Whales to the Ocean

June 22, 2019
srednyaya-bay-orca-release-yuri-smityuk-TASS_0.jpgRussia has loaded 8 animals – two orcas and six beluga whales – into trucks with water reservoirs to begin to move them 1,100 miles back to the Shantar Islands in the Sea of Okhotsk....

Jean-Michel Cousteau’s Letter to President Putin

June 17, 2019
safe_image.php__0.jpgOn behalf of the Jean-Michel Cousteau/Whale Sanctuary Project team, Jean-Michel Cousteau submitted the following to President Putin for consideration of a public response during President Putin's annual hotline Q&A with the Russian people ...

Jean-Michel Cousteau loves beluga whales!

May 22, 2019
Screen Shot 2019-05-21 at 10.12.14 AM_0.pngBeluga whales are highly intelligent cetaceans that live in cold, northern oceans. They communicate with each other and their mothers pass on information to their children...

Earth Day 2019

April 22, 2019
1237.jpg.800x600_q90_0.jpg As we honor the wonderful Earth Day celebrations around the world, we at Ocean Futures Society believe it is a golden opportunity to remind us all about the gifts and services the ocean provides ...

A Historic Moment: An Agreement with Russia to Return Captive Whales to the Ocean

April 8, 2019
signing w gov 2-crop-502_0.jpgI am thrilled and it is with great excitement that I am able to report that our collaborations with officials and scientists in Russia has led to the best possible outcome for the captured whales and for the world....

Please Help Us Save the Russian Whales

April 4, 2019
whale-jail-izvestia-1-seapens-TASS-YuriSmitjuk_1.jpgI’m onsite in Russia right now with the unprecedented opportunity of helping save 10 orcas and 87 belugas that were illegally captured for sale to China.....
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