details
- Name
- Irish Whale and Dolphin Group (IWDG)
- Address
- Merchants Quay
- Zipcode
- V15 E762
- City
- Kilrush
- State
- Co. Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- Phone
- +353-86-8545450
- coordinator@iwdg.ie
- Centre Website
- https://iwdg.ie/
organisation profile
- The Irish Whale and Dolphin Group (IWDG) is dedicated to the conservation and better understanding of cetaceans (whales, dolphins and porpoises) in Irish waters. The group was founded in 1990 to establish an Irish stranding and sighting scheme and to campaign for the declaration of Irish territorial waters as a whale and dolphin sanctuary. Just six months later, in June 1991, the Irish Government declared all Irish waters to be a whale and dolphin sanctuary... the first of its kind in Europe. The IWDG is a broad mix of conservationists, whale watchers, researchers, educators and, above all, people who are passionate about marine wildlife and cetaceans in particular.
The IWDG is as registered charity (Charity Number: CHY 11163) and registered with the Charity Regulatory Authority (No. 20029913). We are also members of the Irish Environmental Network (IEN) and receive grant funding from the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment through the IEN.
results in other services
edmo metadata
- EDMO record id
- 408
- Collating centre
- Marine Institute (MI)
- Latest update
- 8 November 2017 1:05:44 PM