Business and Biodiversity
Partnership with UNEP - United Nations Environment Programme
In 2007, TUI cooperated with the Bonn Convention of the United Nations Environment Programme UNEP on the conservation of Migratory Species. The ‘Year of the Dolphin’ campaign, jointly continued in 2008, aims to continue to raise public awareness of dolphins as one of the most endangered species and to launch and implement initiatives to protect dolphins and their habitats.
As an exclusive sponsor of the campaign, TUI used its worldwide network in the destinations to organise distribution of a dolphin manual, prepared in cooperation with the WDCS Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society, in hundreds of local schools in various destinations. In selected destinations, complementary workshops were held in order to inform participants about the life of the marine mammals and raise awareness of risks and conservation measures. In view of the scope of the project and its alternative approach to education, UNESCO has chosen this campaign as part of the official project of the UN Decade ‘Education for Sustainable Development’.
The International Whale and Dolphin Protection Conference held in Tenerife in October 2007 was strongly supported by TUI España, with contributions to the conference programme and assistance in organising and implementing the conference. One of the key results was the preparation of several framework agreements for the protection of small whales and dolphins in western Africa.