A convoy at risk between Scotland and Turkey
Between the night of Wednesday, October 18 and the dawn of Monday, October 24, a convoy coming from Northern Scotland went back and forth and zigzagged in the Bay of Seine. It consisted of the Marshall Islands-flagged tug Rota Endurance and the oil drilling platform Ocean Nomad (*), previously Marshall Islands-flagged, shortened to Nom just prior departing from Northern Scotland.
“On the Trail” n°34, the defaunation bulletin
“On the Trail” n°34, the defaunation bulletin (pdf, 271 pages – 9.5 Mo)
1,854 events with references, analysed between September 1 and December 31, 2021.
506 iconographic documents.
Twelve maps and historical archives.
In 19 days, the 19th plenary meeting of CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora) will take place in Panama City with the participation of Robin des Bois, the Franz Weber Foundation and the Brigitte Bardot Foundation which support “On the Trail”.
(Français) Transport maritime de marchandises : comment freiner cette pollution exponentielle?
Whales in the red n°3
International Whaling Commission
Portoroz – Press release n°3
After the mass strandings of pilot whales, gray whales and sperm whales since the beginning of the year on the beaches or in the creeks of the world ocean, now it is the turn of the International Whaling Commission to hit rock bottom. The accident was recorded in Portoroz, Slovenia, on the Adriatic coast, during and after the 68th plenary session. The international experts and NGOs who are at its bedside are trying to refloat it.
Whales in hot water n°2
International Whaling Commission
Portoroz – Press release n°2
The ecocide of whales, out of sight and out of compassion and for the greatest profit of civilian and military industrialists, had turned the global ocean red from 1900 to 1989 before it almost died out in the year 2000. But there remain embers and resumptions of fire. Stories about the sovereignty and food supremacy of humanity and the upholding of traditional cultures are heard and still unfortunately being tolerated and even encouraged.
Whales in hot water
International Whaling Commission
Press release n°1
The International Whaling Commission (IWC) has been in great financial difficulty since Japan’s withdrawal in 2019. The suspension of payments is for 2025. Three options are in the pipeline to redress the balance, and Option No. 2 could prevail.
The aircraft carrier Sao Paulo is banned in Brazil!
The aircraft carrier Sao Paulo, ex-Foch, sistership of the Clemenceau, is in trouble. Towed by theDutch-flagged ALP Centre, she left Rio de Janeiro on August 4, 2022, bound for a European Union-approved shipbreaking yard.
Gas and Gas / Nord Stream and old chemical munitions
Did the explosions followed by gas leaks on 26 September 2022 on the pipelines of the international consortium Nord Stream linking Russia and Germany awake, displace or dislocate chemical munitions dumped near or nearby them?
