NEWS / ARTICLES (the latest from the anti-whaling campaign) LAST UPDATE - 08TH JUNE 2007
CITIES, June 6th 2007 JAPANS FAILS IN "BACK DOOR" WHALING MOVE AT WILDLIFE TRADE FORUM Source: France 24 Japan lost a bid on Wednesday to require the world body that regulates global wildlife trade to review the status of whales, a step that could have led to the resumption of commercial whaling.
Fifty-four nations voted against Japan's proposal to include for review the 13 species of great whales listed as threatened with extinction, with 26 countries voting in favor, and 13 abstaining.
Last week Japan failed to overturn the two-decades-old moratorium on commercial whaling at the annual meeting of the International Whaling Commission, threatening to walk out of the 77-nation treaty. (...) Continue reading ...
Brasil, 04 Junho 2007 REUNIÃO INTERNACIONAL DA BALEIA TERMINA EM VITÓRIA Fonte: Greenpeace Brasil Foram importantes vitórias! A primeira delas foi a maioria dos países participantes votando a favor da criação da área de proteção às baleias: foram 39 votos a favor, 29 contra e 3 abstenções. Entretanto, para ser aprovada, a proposta do Santuário de Baleias do Atlântico Sul, defendida desde 1999 pelo Brasil, Argentina e África do Sul, necessitava de 75% dos votos.
“Apesar da não aprovação podemos afirmar que a proposta está ganhando força dentro da Comissão”, avaliou Leandra Gonçalves, coordenadora da campanha de Baleias do Greenpeace. “Na Reunião de St. Kittis e Nevis, no ano passado, não conseguimos nem sequer propor o santuário”, complementou. (...) Continuar a ler ...
Alaska, 01st June 2007 ANCHORAGE MEETING ENDS IN VICTORY FOR ANTI-WHALERS Source: M&C Anchorage, Alaska - Anti-whaling countries won a moral victory Thursday on the last day of the International Whaling Commission's annual meeting with an overwhelming vote to maintain the worldwide ban on commercial whaling. The 37-4 vote for the resolution came after pro-whaling countries boycotted it after their impending defeat became clear. The vote also overturned a resolution pushed through by pro-whaling countries at last year's meeting. (...) Continue reading ...
Portugal, 01 Junho 2007 MADERIA: REUNIÃO MUNDIAL SOBRE BALEIAS PREMEIA INVESTIMENTO NA CONSERVAÇÃO DA NATUREZA Fonte: Público "Estamos orgulhosos, contentes e responsabilizados também", disse Manuel António Rodrigues Correia, secretário regional do Ambiente para a Madeira, sobre a decisão, tomada esta madrugada, de escolher a região autónoma para receber a 61ª reunião da Comissão Baleeira Internacional.
"Houve uma grande colaboração com o Governo, através da Secretaria de Estado do Ambiente e do Ministério dos Negócios Estrangeiros", disse Rodrigues Correia. "Mas é acima de tudo o reconhecimento do trabalho da Madeira na conservação da natureza, não é um acto isolado" (...) Continuar a ler ...
Portugal, 01 Junho 2007 MADEIRA VAI ACOLHER CONFERÊNCIA MUNDIAL SOBRE BALEIAS EM 2009 Fonte: Público A Região Autónoma da Madeira vai receber em 2009 a mais importante conferência anual sobre baleias de todo o mundo, depois de ter sido escolhida para sede da 61ª reunião da Comissão Baleeira Internacional. A decisão foi tomada no final da conferência deste ano da comissão baleeira, que terminou esta madrugada (hora de Lisboa) no Alasca.
A escolha da sede da conferência de 2009 foi o último ponto a ser votado na reunião. O Japão retirou a candidatura de Yokohama à última hora, dado que não reuniria os votos necessários para ser aprovada. (...) Continuar a ler ...
Japan, 28th May 2007 WHY JAPAN WON'T SAVE THE WHALES Source: TAP Whaling was once very profitable, and Japan hasn't forgotten. Now the Japanese government is expanding its whale catches and winning international support with pseudoscience.
During the annual meeting of the International Whaling Commission, starting today and ending Thursday in Anchorage, Alaska, few animal-lovers will vocally campaign for whaling to stop. Ever since the IWC voted in 1982 to suspend commercial whaling from 1986 on, most people have presumed that boats would no longer chase whales to exhaustion so that gunners could shoot them with explosive grenade harpoons. But in fact, Japan, Norway and Iceland never accepted the ban, and Japan is known to have killed about 10,000 whales since then. Supposedly, these whales have been needed as samples for scientific research, but all of the resulting whale-meat and other products are packaged and marketed for consumption in Japan. (...) Continue reading ...
Alaska, 27th May 2007 GREENPEACE MARCHES AGAINST WHALING Source: M&C ANCHORAGE, AK, United States (UPI) -- Japan has asked the International Whaling Commission, which was meeting in Alaska Monday, to lift a ban on commercial whaling.
Japanese delegates have said they doubt the proposal will get the 75 percent support it needs from commission delegates, the Anchorage Daily News reported.
As delegates gathered at an Anchorage hotel for the commission`s first meeting in Alaska Sunday, hundreds of people marched in an anti-commercial whaling parade sponsored by the environmental group Greenpeace. (...) Continue reading ...
Portugal, 24 Maio 2007 UM MAR AZUL DE GENTE EM DEFESA DAS BALEIAS Fonte: Correio da Manhã
Autor: Isabel Ramos Uma moratória da caça comercial permitiu que estes gigantes gozassem de uma relativa tranquilidade durante mais de duas décadas. E agora?
Azul-claro. Azul-escuro. Azul-bebé. Azul-cobalto. Azul-turquesa. Qualquer peça de roupa serve para sair à rua no próximo domingo, desde que seja azul. O apelo é da associação ambientalista Greenpeace, apostada em mobilizar um mar de gente na véspera da 59.ª reunião, em Anchorage, Alasca, da Comissão Baleeira Internacional (CBI). Ali vai decidir-se a sorte dos gigantes do oceano. (...) Continuar a ler ...
Colombia, 24 Mayo 2007 COLOMBIA FIRMÓ SU ADHESIÓN A LA COMISIÓN BALLENERA INTERNACIONAL Fuente: El Tiempo Con esta decisión el país se compromete oficialmente al cuidado de las ballenas en todo el mundo y, especialmente, de aquellas que anualmente llegan al Pacífico a dar a luz a sus crías.
La anexión a la Comisión se oficializó después del mediodía durante una rueda de prensa en la que participaron el ministro de Medio Ambiente, Juan Lozano, y el canciller, Fernando Araújo.
Colombia aportará dinero anualmente a un fondo mundial común, del cual se financiarán investigaciones y programas de conservación para frenar la extinción de la ballena jorobada o yubarta, que mide entre 15 y 17 metros, pesa cerca de 40 toneladas y tiene en la pesca ilegal a su mayor enemigo. (...) Continuar leyendo ...
Alaska, 23rd May 2007 IWC 59 BRIEFING BY MARK SIMMONDS Source: Dan Morast Looking forward to seeing you all at the 59th meeting in the 49th State and greetings from the bowels of the Scientific Committee. The good news is that in the two weeks since we arrived, spring has come to Anchorage. It is getting warmer each day, night-time hardly occurs at all now and things are literally bursting into bloom for the short (but powerful) growth season here. You have to take care walking by trees and bushes because they are unfurling their leaves so swiftly now it can knock you off your feet. (...) Continue reading ...
Iceland, 21st May 2007 MASSIVE ICELANDIC COMPANY AGAINST WHALING Source: Whale Campaign Campaign Whale is pleased to announce that as a result of our campaign against Iceland's resumption of whaling, and ongoing negotiations with the Baugur Group - a major Icelandic Investment company, the company has issued a press statement announcing its opposition to the government's whaling policy. In a press release, Chief Executive Officer, Jon Asgeir Johannesson cites opposition to whaling around the world as 'damaging Icelandic. (...) Continue reading ...
Nicaragua, 20th May 2007 GOVERNMENT REVERSES WHALING VOTE Source: Nica Times Environmentalists and tourism-industry leaders are applauding the government's recent announcement that Nicaragua will no longer have the dubious distinction of being the only Latin American country that votes in favor of whale hunting before the International Whaling Commission (IWC). Last year, Nicaragua voted with Japan, several small Caribbean islands and a dozen other Nordic, Asian and European countries to lift a whaling moratorium that has been in place by the IWC since in 1986. (...) Continue reading ...
Chile, 20th May 2007 CHILEAN SENATE UNANIMOUSLY SUPPORT THE NEED TO CONSOLIDATE A NATIONAL POLICY ON NON-LETHAL USE OF CETACEANS Source: CCC Chile (...) The Chilean Senate approved a Project of Agreement that seeks to guarantee the non lethal use of cetaceans (whales, dolphins and porpoises) as a permanent commitment of Chile and requires President Bachelet to work expeditiously towards the creation of a National Policy of Non Lethal Use of Cetaceans that permanently forbids commercial and scientific whaling operations in Chilean waters. Continue reading ...
Portugal, 19 de Maio de 2007 PORTUGAL PODE RECEBER REUNIÃO MUNDIAL SOBRE BALEIAS EM 2009 Fonte: Público Portugal poderá estar no centro da rota global das baleias em 2009. Não pelos animais em si - que sempre passaram pelas águas portuguesas -, mas sim pela possível realização da maior, mais mediática e mais controversa conferência anual sobre o tema.
O país candidatou-se a anfitrião da 61.ª reunião da Comissão Baleeira Internacional (CBI), propondo a Região Autónoma da Madeira para abrigá-la. A decisão será tomada agora, no final de Maio, durante a reunião deste ano da CBI, que se realiza no Alasca. (...) Continuar a ler ...
Greece, 18th May 2007 GREECE JOINS IWC! Source: IWC Office
Greece its preparing itself for a responsible membership at the International Whaling Commission (IWC) this year in Alaska on the 59th meeting of the IWC. With votes being decided by one single country, every help is needed to prevent Japan of consolidating is vote buying campaign inside the IWC. Greece will certainly make the difference!
Chile, 17 Mayo 2007 SENADO CHILENO BUSCA PROHIBIR CAZA DE BALLENAS Fuente: Univision El Senado pidió al gobierno de la presidenta Michelle Bachelet la prohibición formal de la caza comercial y científica de las ballenas en aguas chilenas, se informó el jueves. La solicitud fue formulada tras la aprobación la víspera de un proyecto de acuerdo que exhorta al establecimiento de una política nacional de conservación y uso de los cetáceos. "Con miras a las sexagésima reunión anual de la Comisión Ballenera Internacional (CBI) que se realizará en Chile, entre el 28 y 31 de mayo (de 2008), las autoridades gubernamentales deberían avanzar en una política nacional de conservación y uso que no comprometa la vida de cetáceos", señala el proyecto de los senadores. (...) Continuar leyendo ...
Korea, 17th May 2007 DNA ANALYSIS SUGGESTS UNDER-REPORTED KILLS OF THREATENED WHALES Source: huliq A new study analyzing whale meat sold in Korean markets suggests the number of whales being sold for human consumption in the Asian country is much higher than that being reported to the International Whaling Commission – putting threatened populations of coastal minke whales further at risk. The study, involving numerous researchers led by Scott Baker of Oregon State University, was just published in the journal Molecular Ecology. Baker, who is associate director of OSU's Marine Mammal Institute, also is presenting his findings to the International Whaling Commission this week at its annual meeting in Anchorage, Alaska. (...) Continue reading ...
Australia, 17th May 2007 TIME SHORT FOR WHALES Source: Daily Telegraph ONE of the first things Malcolm Turnbull did when he became Environment Minister was get rid of the Save Our Whales slogan from his media releases. The little sketch of the whale spurting water out of its blow-hole went, too. Perhaps the multi-millionaire thought it a bit kitsch. One thing is sure – whales just don't feature on Mr Turnbull's radar like they did for former environment minister Ian Campbell.
Remember Senator Campbell? (...) Continue reading ...
Laos, 16 May 2007 LAOS JOINING WHALING COMMISSION Source: chron.com The landlocked nation of Laos has agreed to join the International Whaling Commission at Japan's request and is highly likely to support Tokyo's high-profile pro-whaling campaign, Japanese officials said Wednesday.
Japan is on a diplomatic drive to win support for its bid to overturn a moratorium on commercial whaling, but it was unclear if Laos could complete membership in time for the next commission meeting May 28-31 in Anchorage, Alaska. (...) Continue reading ...
Guatemala, 16 Mayo 2007 GREENPEACE PIDE AL GOBIERNO FIJE POSTURA CONTRA CAZA DE BALLENAS Fuente: Telediario Organizaciones ambientalistas y defensoras de derechos de los animales, mantienen la incertidumbre de cual será el voto de Guatemala sobre el tema de la caza de ballenas. Actualmente el Ministerio de Agricultura tiene en sus manos la decisión del Gobierno si votará a favor o en contra.
A nivel latinoamericano la votación es pareja y en contra de la caza de los cetáceos, por lo que organizaciones como Greenpeace, señalan que Guatemala se está quedando aislado por que aún no ha emitido su postura en cuanto al tema. (...) Continuar leyendo ...
Portugal, 09th May 2007 JAPAN... GIVE PORTUGAL A CHANCE! Source: nowhaling.com Yesterday we were at the Japanese Embassy demanding the withdrawal of the proposal it has to host the 2009 IWC meeting. Things looked a bit grim to start with; I locked myself out of my car, so I had to highjack my own vehicle, got lost in Lisbon, got stuck in the traffic but managed to arrive at the venue in time. There were 13 people there, posters and banners in hand, headed in the embassy and asked to speak with someone from the Japanese Embassy. After having to present ID and so on to the police force appointed to “take care” of us (...) Continue reading/see video...
Alaska, 07th May 2007 WHALING COMMISSION MEETING BEGINS Source: KTUU More than 200 scientists from around the world are now in Anchorage discussing whale populations and the influence of people and the environment on the world's whale population.
Later this month scientist will present their finding to a committee that decides if subsistence hunting will continue in Alaska, and if Japan should be allowed to commercially hunt whales.
Alaska Fisheries Science Center Director Doug Demaster Alaska is just one of several locations that hunt whales. (...) Continue reading ...
Ecuador, 04 Mayo 2007 ECUADOR SE REINTEGRA A COMISIÓN BALLENERA Fuente: Confirmado.net Luego de 14 años de haberse retirado de la Comisión Ballenera Internacional (CBI) encargada de promover la conservación de los cetáceos y regular el desarrollo ordenado de la industria ballenera, nuestro país se reincorporará al organismo. En esa instancia se unirá a otras naciones que abogan por una moratoria permanente de la cacería de ballenas. Una nueva reunión de dicha instancia se efectuará entre el 28 y 31 de mayo próximos en Alaska. (...) Continuar leyendo ...
Caribbean, 03 May 2007 WWW.CARIBBEANWHALEFRIENDS.ORG
Source: EIA
If you would like to help protect whales, we invite you to explore this website and join in efforts to promote whale friendly policies both in the Caribbean and worldwide. This website is dedicated to promoting such policies in the Caribbean through public education and information on the impacts of those decisions taken at meetings of the International Whaling Commission (IWC).
We are seeking to maintain and strengthen the existing international ban on commercial whaling. This critical legal protection was passed in 1982 by the IWC and came into effect in 1986.
Go to http://caribbeanwhalefriends.org/
New Zealand, 03 May 2007 STATION :: ON-AIR COMPETITIONS (SAFE JOURNEY – LET THE HUMPBACKS LIVE) Source: Mai FM 88.6 12 May, Manukau Square
On this page you’ll find information about a grassroots protest against the upcoming hunt of Pacific-born humpbacks in their Antarctic feeding grounds this summer.
Read on to see what you can do to help.
- Whales play an important role in the cultural, social and spiritual heritage of New Zealanders and Pacific peoples, and are considered tapu and taonga. (...) Continue reading ...
Iceland, 01 May 2007 ICELANDIC WHALERS HARPOON THEIR FIRST MINKE WHALE OF THE SEASON Source: IFAW Icelandic whalers have harpooned the first whale of the season, despite a lack of national support and increased international outcry. The minke whale was killed off the north-west coast of Iceland today (April 27), more than a week after whalers were granted permits to kill 39 minkes this season for so-called “scientific” research. (...) Continue reading ...
Photo Comment
Southern Ocean 2005. Whaling Season. A Greenpeace inflatable stands in front of a Japanese Catcher spraying water up, trying to prevent the harpooner to take a shot on its prey.
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