might make amends, using their considerable influence in the world of mass tourism to clean up this growing threat to wild dolphin populations. Our options were to ignore the problem or try to get something done, especially with regards to TUI claiming to be a company with a green outlook, gaining credibility from our support and that of other NGO's. No immediate action was taken and we were without any written explanation wiped from the YoD website and the YoD supporters list. The YoD Partners then took credit (I don't think they took sole credit for this, I'm sure your alliance of NGOs had a big role in laying the foundation; however, I suspect a letter from the UN is more likely to elicit action from the DRs president than 100 letters from NGOs; how about calling it synergy..''') for "persuading" the Dominican Republic not to take more dolphins from Taiji, when we and other conservation groups made them aware of these issues."|Cliff Benson, Director Sea Trust www.seatrust.org.uk}}(see discussion forum)'' See also 2006: International Year of Deserts and Desertification 2007-2009: International Year of Planet Earth United Nations International Years References External links Year of the Dolphin at the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society Dolphin Dolphins and humans 2007 in international relations 2008 in international relations