(Français) Enquête sur les déchets suite aux inondations et coulées de boue de 2016

28 Oct 2016

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IWC comes to the aid of whales

27 Oct 2016

Press release n°3

66th IWC – International Whaling Commission
Portoroz – Slovenia
24-28 october 2016

3 positive resolutions adopted by vote :

1 – Resolution on Cetaceans and their Contribution to Ecosystem Functioning submitted by Chile, Argentina, Brazil, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Mexico and Uruguay.
At last, whales are no more considered as absolute predators and competitors with fishing activities. The resolution instructs the IWC Scientific Committee to include in its works services rendered by alive and dead cetaceans. This is a satisfaction and a success for Robin des Bois who has been working on this issue since 2010.

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(Français) Enquête sur les déchets suite aux inondations et coulées de boue de 2016

27 Oct 2016

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(Français) CBI – Commission baleinière – lettre ouverte à Sa Majesté Le Roi du Maroc

26 Oct 2016

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The South Atlantic sanctuary lost in the Political Ocean

25 Oct 2016

Press release n°2

66th IWC – International Whaling Commission
Portoroz – Slovenia
24-28 october 2016

Hope of seeing the international community declare the South Atlantic Ocean to be a domain where whales and sperm whales are protected from pollutions, collisions, industrial fishing and acoustic chaos is sinking in the quick sand of political alliances.

The South Atlantic represents slightly more than 10% of the world ocean. It is home or harbors temporarily according to migration periods 51 cetacean species, including blue whales, fin whales, Minke whales, Antarctic Minke whales, southern right whales, humpback whales and sperm whales.

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