Our consultancy services cover issues as wide-ranging as climate change, strategic environmental assessment, eco-tourism, environmental impact assessment review, energy development, and building best-practice.
In addition to project consultancy, we also undertake film, photography and journalism commissions.
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Marine Ecotourism
Marine wildlife watching is one of the fastest growing tourism activities globally. When responsibly and ethically run, marine ecotourism offers a wonderful opportunity for people to view and interact with some of the most spectacular species on our planet. As such, it can change our world outlook, and foster a greater awareness of the unique and fragile nature of life.
Yet the long-term future of this expanding and potentially sustainable industry depends entirely on the presence and well-being of wild creatures. It is cruelly ironic, that unless sensible and practical measures are taken to minimize our impact upon them, these creatures may be harmed by our desire to meet and understand them better.
The WiSe Scheme With the aim of minimizing that potential impact, and thus helping to develop sustainable marine life watching by commercial boat operators in 2003 we developed the WiSe (Wildlife Safe) project. WiSe runs one day training courses around the UK for boat skippers, offering practical, scientifically based advice on ways to minimize disturbance of whales, dolphins, basking sharks, seals and seabirds when viewing them. Backed by a wide range of Governmental and Charitable Organisations, WiSe has proved highly popular with over 500 Trained and Accredited individuals attending courses to date. A list of these individuals can be found at the WiSe website www.wisescheme.org |
