The Society for Marine Mammalogy uses the Presidential Letter process as a mechanism whereby the Society may respond to issues of concern in a timely fashion. The SMM Conservation Committee monitors important marine mammal issues via input from the SMM Board of Governors and the SMM membership.
At the request of the Board of Governors, the Committee will research an issue of concern and develop a position. Based on the consensus view of the Committee, the Chair will draft a letter for signature by the President on behalf of the Society. Such letters and appropriate background and responses are published on the Society’s website.
H. E Nao Thuok Director General of Fisheries Administration #186, Preah Norodom Blvd Sangkat Tonle Bassac Khan Chamcar Morn P.O. Box 582 Phnom Penh Cambodia H. E Touch Seang Tana Chairman of Commission for Conservation and Development of Mekong River Dolphin Eco-tourism Zone Office at the Council of Ministers 41 Russian Federation Boulevard, Sangkat Monorom, […]
President Ma Ying-jeou 122, Chong-cing South Road Section 1, Chung-cheng District, Taipei 10048, TAIWAN Dear Mr. President Ma: I write to you regarding the plight of the Indo-Pacific humpback dolphins (Sousa chinensis) of the Eastern Taiwan Strait. The Society for Marine Mammalogy is the largest professional group in the world dedicated to the study of […]
12 October 2010 Minister – Shri. Jairam Ramesh Ministry of Environment and Forest, Government of India Paryavaran Bhavan, CGO Complex, Lodhi Road New Delhi – 110 003, India email: envisect@nic.in jairam54@gmail.com Subject: Potential impacts of five large dams on the Endangered Gangetic dolphins in the Brahmaputra River Basin, India Dear Minister, The Board of the Society […]
Dr. Adrián Fernández Presidente, Instituto Nacional de Ecología SEMARNAT Av. Anillo Periférico 5000 Col. Insurgentes Cuicuilco Delegación Coyoacán México, DF 04530 April 22, 2010 Dear Dr. Fernández: The Board of the Society for Marine Mammalogy (SMM) has been following with great interest recovery efforts undertaken by your Government to conserve the highly endangered vaquita (Phocoena […]
Mr. Alexey B. Miller Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors JSC “GAZPROM” 16 Nametkina St. 117997, Moscow, V-420. GSP-7 Russia Mr. Sergey Bogdanchikov President of Rosneft Chairman of Rosneft’s Management Board 26/1, Sofiyskaya Embankment 1, GSP-8 117997 Moscow, Russia CEO Rex W. Tillerson ExxonMobil Corporation 5959 Las Colinas Boulevard Irving, Texas 75039-2298 CEO Peter […]