The Instituto de Conservación de Ballenas (Institute for the Conservation of Whales) was set up in 1996 with the aim of protecting whales and their environment through research and education. With its headquarters in Buenos Aires, ICB is the Argentinian representative of the Whale Conservation Institute / Ocean Alliance, an internationally renowned organisation dedicated to the study and protection of whales that was established in the US by Dr. Roger Payne in 1971.
