Latin America Plans to Fight for the Whales at Next Month’s IWC Meeting
Image Source: Flickr. By: Richard.Fisher.
The Buenos Aires Group announced that they plan to propose the elimination of a loophole that allows “lethal research” whale hunting. On top of that, they also plan to remind meeting attendees of all the other dangers that whales around the globe face, including climate change, incidental capture, and pollution.
In comparison to their proposal, last month the chairman of IWC, Cristian Maquieira, made a proposal to reduce whale catches from 2,000 to 400 a year over the next decade. Maquieira claims the proposal would save 4,000 to 5,000 whales over the next 10 years. However, the Buenos Aires Group believes “there must be a significant and increasing reduction of quotas…until lethal research is completely eliminated,” adding that “this issue is considered indispensable to bring the negotiation to a good end”.
By the end of next month, something should be decided on and some plan will be put into action; whether it will benefit the whales or not (or how much it will benefit them) remains to be seen. Unfortunately, by the way things are going we may simply see another situation like all the climate summits where nothing really comes of it but more disagreements.
By Heidi Marshall
I have been with GreenFudge for about a year now, but I've had a passion for Nature my entire life. When I'm not writing articles, you can find me out hiking, gardening, working on green craft projects, or taking photos for my website. You can check out the site at http://arkisaeo.com
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