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Controversial whaling proposal fails at global meeting
23 June 2010 (Agadir, Morocco) – The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW-www.ifaw.org) announced today that a controversial proposal to legalize whaling has failed at the annual meeting of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) in Agadir, Morocco. “Under a cloud of corruption allegations the IWC is taking a safe course, opting for a cooling off [...]
Crisis as whaling talks move behind closed doors
ANDREW DARBY IN AGADIR, MOROCCO June 21, 2010 High-level talks over a global whaling peace deal are to be sent behind closed doors, in an abrupt move said to show that a bid for compromise is close to failure. The decision to suspend the International Whaling Commission’s annual meeting shortly after it opens later today [...]
Robber Generations I – The Case of Great Whales
My trip started at 0800 from Lisbon on a Bus drive to the Algarve where I arrived 1130, after overlooking some of the nice views that the Alentejo and the Algarve offer, just in time to meet Sidney and Tim Holt at Hotel Faro, very close to the bus station. I was greeted by Sidney [...]
On the road to the Algarve
Tomorrow I’m heading to the Algarve to attend 2 days of speeches by imminent scientists, one of them being my friend Sidney Holt, and the other Dan Pauly, a well-known scientist on fisheries management and advocate of Marine Protected Areas (MPA). I’ll stay with Sidney’s son, Tim Holt, also a good buddy, very kind for letting [...]
Palestras por cientistas eminentes – Lectures by eminent scientists at the University of Algarve
Exmos(as) Senhores(as), Venho convidá-los para as palestras proferidas pelos professores Sidney Holt e Daniel Pauly nos dias 28 e 29 de Janeiro no Campus de Gambelas da Universidade do Algarve. Os professores Holt e Pauly são os investigadores que maior influência tiveram na gestão mundial dos recursos marinhos nos últimos 50 anos. As palestras são [...]
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 Fixer
During my short career I’ve been called many things, but the name that stands out the most is beyond any doubt the one Alex Garcia from Varda Group gave me on the Secretariat description for the PEW Whales Commission meeting held in Lisbon last week, THE FIXER. It was also the first time I have [...]
PEW meeting + IWC scandal
Last Friday I met with Alex Garcia, an associate of the Varda Group that is organizing the PEW meeting in Lisbon, and I’ve passed from an invited observer to a local coordinator. Nice! The PEW meeting comes in a time where much discussion is abide related to the IWC and I belive it will be [...]
And if the crisis would solve the whaling issue?
The other day I was talking to my dear friend and Guru, Sidney Holt, about this world economical crisis and if it would have any impact on the whaling scene as we know it. It is almost certain that good faith, politics, conservation policies, and lobbying alone will not turn the tide; the economical aspect [...]