The cry of the krill
69th IWC – Press release n°2
The Euphausia superba, Antarctica’s superb little crustacean, a pillar of the South Pole ecosystem and a staple food for whales, penguins, seals, petrels and other seabirds, is in danger. It may join the dodos, the American migratory pigeons and the great auks of the North Atlantic, deemed to be innumerable and now extinct because of human voracity and short-sightedness.
Lima, crucial for whales
69th IWC – Press release n°1
The 69th plenary meeting of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) will be held in Lima, Peru, from 23 to 27 September 2024.
A draft resolution on “food security” is submitted for approval to the 88 member countries of the IWC by the Republic of Guinea, with the support of Senegal, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, the Republic of Congo, Saint Kitts and Nevis and Cambodia. This project “reaffirms its support for the sustainable use of marine living resources, including whales”.
(Français) Informations sur les risques sanitaires et environnementaux des feux d’artifices
Shell abuse
On the 80th commemoration of the Normandy landings, Robin des Bois publishes its 9th inventory of discoveries and blasting of unexploded ordnance after the wars.
Nuclear security – briefing note
1. Departing St Petersburg, Russia, on 29 February 2024 bound for Philadelphia, USA, the Atlantic Navigator II made an unscheduled stop in Rostock, Germany, on 4 March due to damage to its propeller.
She left Rostock on 19 April after repairs and a customs inspection. This multipurpose cargo ship is carrying 241 containers of birch plywood from the exploitation of Arctic forests and enriched uranium.
Despite the war in Ukraine and tensions between the United States of America and the Russian Federation, trade in nuclear materials has not stopped, and Russian enriched uranium continues to supply fuel for some American nuclear power stations.