Watch live World Environment Day video at home while learning how to protect gray whales

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Starting tonight at 7pm (PST), eco-travel organization Pax Terra will be sponsoring an online live video stream of the World Environment Day Celebration being held at the Town Square at Puerto San Carlos Comondú, Baja California Sur, Mexico.

Pax Terra is well known for its efforts to promote sustainable global ecotourism as well as gray whale migration protection.

With gray whale migration being a main factor in the long-term economic viability of the Magdalena Bay region of Baja, plans are in motion to develop a sustainable ecotourism industry in the region – allhighlights of the World Environment Day festivities.

Dignitaries from the Mexican Government, a number of NGOs, and the Pax Terra management team will participate in the celebration and other activities planned for the day.

“Gray whale migration is extremely important to marine science,” said Janet Robertson, president of Pax Terra. “The disappearance of the gray whales would be a heartbreaking loss to environmentalists and ecotourists alike.”

The streaming program will include an Environmental Education Contest Award ceremony, a video premiere, a community meeting to promote environmental commitment and activities in support of sustainable ecotourism.

Save the whales, save the world

The western coast of Baja California Sur is home to a group of islands that makes up one of the most productive marine regions of Mexico – its social and ecological importance of the region is undeniable. As well as being a major area for state and national fisheries as well as the natural home for a number of fish and inverterbrates hatching and breeding areas, it is also the birthplace of the gray whale and other marine mammals.

In recent years, the human-friendly gray whales were taken off the endangered species list. But they are now again in danger of extinction.

“If the gray whale is to survive the environmental effects of overfishing and commercial development in or near the protected waters that allow it to thrive, remedial action needs to be taken immediately,” adds Robertson, “including promoting sustainable ecotourism and other methods to help Baja fisherman to maintain and enhance their livelihoods.”

The events scheduled for the World Environment Day Celebration in Baja are expected to launch a major initiative that will be a first step in bringing attention — and major tourism — to the entire Magdalena Bay complex.

Pax Terra supports global efforts to restore nature’s balance and achieve sustainable development with support from the scientific community and experts in social, economic and environmental affairs. It works to promote and support the general welfare of society, and mitigate the environmental effects that have to potential to adversely affect quality of life of the species that inhabits one of the world’s most important ecosystems.

To watch the video, visit http://pax-terra.org/live-video-stream.

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