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SoundNet - Whale Watching 2001 - An IFAW Report
(The percentages for direct and total expenditures are not adjusted for inflation.) Of the some 87 countries and overseas territories or dependencies with some level of commercial whale watching, the breakdown is 66 ... than one million whale watchers in 1998. (See Appendix 3 for a listing of all IWC countries and associated territories with a breakdown of each country's whale watch statistics). The " ...
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ECNC : Services : Global biodiversity policy instruments : ECNC : The European Centre for Nature Conservation
Fax: +44-1223-232876, Email: iwc@iwcoffice.org, WWW: www.iwcoffice.org Aim/comment: To protect whales from overhunting and to regulate the international whale fishery to ensure ... global Convention on Biological Diversity and Agenda 21 towards sustainability were signed by over 150 countries and the European Union at the Earth Summit. The Earth Summit confirmed that only through ...
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SoundNet - Humane Society International Sums Up Divisive IWC Meeting in Korea
Japanese position never materialized. New pro-conservation IWC member countries Belgium, Luxembourg, the Czech Republic, the Slovak Republic, and Hungary voted solidly during the ... Japanese official announced to the delegates that next year they would be back with more countries and "The reversal of history is soon to come for Japan." With that warning, the ...
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IWC Member countries and Commissioners
Back to IWC info Return to previous section MEMBER NATIONS (80) AND COMMISSIONERS The following table lists all IWC member countries and their current Commissioner. Further details for each country can be seen on the Status of the Convention which is held by the USA State Department in its capacity as depository for the Convention (see ...
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High North News 11/96: Russia Defies IWC: Allows Chukotka Inuit to Take Two Bowheads
IWC for a quota. The general provisions of the IWC convention say that a quota should be available to all member countries of the IWC and that the Commission is not allowed to ... the indigenous population with food in Chukotka, wrote representatives of the whaling communities to the Russian IWC Commissioner in April. There is a vicious circle whereby the indigenous peoples have no means of ...
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.S., 24 Other Countries, and European Commission Protest Iceland’s Return to Whaling
European Commission created such a strongly worded protest demonstrates the breadth of opposition to Icelandic commercial whaling," said Bill Hogarth, U.S. Commissioner to the IWC and ... to Iceland delivered the joint diplomatic protest on November 1 on behalf of the 25 countries and European Commission. The diplomatic protest, formally known as a demarche, was signed by Argentina ...
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2008 International Whaling Commission meeting
Commission took place in Santiago, Chile, 23-27 June 2008 following meetings of the IWC sub-committees and working groups. 72 member countries attended. More information on the meeting Outcomes of ... take of West Greenland humpback whales did not receive the necessary majority. Australia joined other countries in voting against the proposal because the need of the communities to take humpback whales ...
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"... a move guaranteed to undermine the IWC's raison d'etre .... "
"We have come to the conclusion that it is better to be honest". While many IWC members agree with Britain's position, they are reluctant to admit it formally. Registering a moral ... the International Fund for Animal Welfare .... ... it will be difficult for countries like Britain to participate in the scientific proceedings of the IWC only to disregard findings that suggest controlled whaling will ...
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WWF - International Whaling Commission (IWC)
Japan, Norway and Iceland carry on whaling. All 3 countries are exploiting loopholes in the Whaling Convention in order to kill nearly 2000 whales each ... taking fin and minke whales, this year. Membership There are currently 79 countries. The current membership of the IWC is approximately evenly divided between whaling and non-whaling nations, resulting in ...
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WWF - A History of the International Whaling Commission (IWC)
IWC controls than those on commercial whaling. 79 member states Today the IWC has 79 member states, including whaling countries, ex-whaling countries, and countries that have never had whaling industries but joined either to have a voice in the conservation of whales or to support whaling interests. Page last updated: May ...
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