 Year of the Dolphin

The year 2007 (extended to 2008) was proposed and declared as the (International) Year of the Dolphin by the United Nations and United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), along with the UN Convention on Migratory Species, and its specialized agreements on dolphin conservation ACCOBAMS and ASCOBANS and the WDCS.Dolphins are threatened marine mammals with close ties to human history and culture.