Iro Tsarmpopoulou-Fokianou

As a Pact Ambassador my work will focus on the protection of our oceans with a focus of cetaceans, one of the largest most important and most endangered species of our blue earth. My goal is to improve the situation for pilot whales in Tenerife, where one of the most rich and unique places of the planet is found: The Teno Rasca strip, home to one third of the world cetaceans and of resident short finned pilot whales. Despite this status the animals face a number of issues today, threatening their existence. I want to work to save them, by educating the public about the importance of the area and ways we can protect it and by pushing along protective legislation measures that will ensure our activities do not compromise the future of the species.

As A.Morton states: "In an age in which hundreds of species may go extinct every day,  anyone who studies a wild animal faces the challenge of making a case for its life on earth. I pray that mine is strong enough ".