Tenerife-La Gomera Marine Area Whale Heritage Area

Human-cetacean conflict solutions

Tenerife’s whale watching community has recognised the need to continue improving standards, promoting responsible practices, and encouraging collaboration.

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Conservation success

Since 2014, Tonina Association has been conducting research during several field seasons to establish the conservation status of the cetacean populations in the...

Education and research

Tenerife-La Gomera WHA is the location of a great range of environmental education, conservation-based research and citizen science programmes, delivered by...

Cultural heritage (new/ modern)

In contemporary times, cetaceans have earned a place in the region's culture, and the communities within the Tenerife-La Gomera WHA are host to a whole range of...

Sustainability

There are several stakeholder groups within the WHA who are committed to reducing environmental impacts, and protecting the habitats and welfare of the animals...

Collaboration for the sake of cetaceans

ACEST is an association of entrepreneurs from the whale watching sector in the southwest of Tenerife. ACEST was founded in 2014 and, since then, members have...