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ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE IF WE
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In the late 1960s, scientists, including principal CETI advisor Dr. Roger Payne, discovered that whales sing to one another. His recordings, “Songs of the Humpback Whale”, sparked the “Save the Whales” movement, one of the most successful conservation initiatives in history. The campaign eventually led to the Marine Mammal Protection Act that marked the end of large-scale whaling in the United States and saved several whale populations from extinction.
All this by just hearing the sounds of whales. Imagine what would happen if we could understand them?
In 2020, Project CETI formed as a 501c3 nonprofit organization with catalyst funding through TED's The Audacious Project.
It was perfectly clear to me that nature was under the most appalling assaults, and most people didn’t seem to know anything about it. And I thought, what could I do, if the only thing I know about is the sounds that animals make and respond to? And I thought — whales! That’s what I could do.
We at CETI are unified by the shared goal of applying technology to amplify the magic of our natural world. Our hope is that CETI’s findings will show that technology can bring us closer to nature.
A core part of CETI’s mission is for new research and knowledge about the sperm whales to bring more attention to the Dominican-led marine industry and support Dominica's conservation leadership in the Caribbean.
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