On this edition of Your Call’s One Planet Series, award winning ocean conservation filmmaker Philip Hamilton discusses Collision, a powerful documentary that exposes how a worldwide increase in shipping traffic is threatening our oceans, its inhabitants, and the planet. The film focuses on the grossly underreported issue of fatal ship strikes on whales, a threat that is endangering their very existence.
Most solutions are implemented on a voluntary basis. Scientists say in order to truly address this crisis, governments must make them mandatory.
Guest:
Philip Hamilton, award winning ocean conservation filmmaker, photographer, founder of Ocean Souls Films, and director of Wildlife Media
Web Resources:
The New York Times: Why 23 Dead Whales Have Washed Up on the East Coast Since December
The Guardian: Blue whales threatened by ship collisions in busy Patagonia waters
Live Science: Heartbreaking footage shows whale with severely broken back struggling to swim
The Guardian: Ships are turning whales into ‘ocean roadkill’. This AI system is trying to stop it
