A semana passada (dia 16 de Dezembro 2009) participei no 1º workshop do projecto SUSTAINAMICS. O projecto SUSTAINAMICS – Modelação Participada para a Avaliação Integrada da Sustentabilidade, que aborda o desafio “Como criar uma visão holística dos problemas que afectam a sustentabilidade dos ambientes marinhos e costeiros em Portugal?”. Foi organizado pelos Centro de Investigação em [...]
Posts from ‘December, 2009’
END OF THE LINE – 2048!
The first time I saw the groundbreaking movie, End of the Line was at the 61st International Whaling Commission (IWC) meeting in Madeira, Portugal, last June. It was brought as a last minute feature; in fact it was shown after the meeting had closed, by Melanie Salmon, CEO of the UK based charity Global Ocean. [...]
The End of Whaling in the Southern Ocean (?!?!)
I recall the message from the pro surfer and environmentalist warrior Dave Rastovich, just days before the 61st International Whaling Commission meeting started in Madeira, Portugal. He ended it by saying that “Honour and respect are nowhere to be found within the modern whaling crime”. This sentence to me marked that meeting and period, when [...]
The only living thing that was saved at the IWC 61 meeting – Zeca! by D.J. Schubert (I Helped!)
At the 61st meeting of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) nothing happened, apart from a great deal of wasted resources from both attending governments and NGOs. Unfortunately, and despite of all the good efforts from whale conservation governments and civil society representatives, no actual whales were saved at the meeting. Japan will keep their “scientific” [...]
IWC 61 (reflections and ruminations)
I had great expectations regarding the 61st meeting of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) held in the Portuguese island of Madeira. My “training” to prepare the grounds for this gathering started in Santiago, Chile. That was my 2nd IWC meeting. The first was in the Caribbean on the islands state of St. Kitts and Nevis, [...]