Sentences with phrase «as whaling nations»
Lastly, as long as whaling nations hold reservations at CITES for the great whales, they can not be prevented from legally trading whale products internationally.
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The United Nations joined in the protection (1935), as did the International Whaling Commission (1946), but the moratorium against whaling wasn't started untiWhaling Commission (1946), but the moratorium against whaling wasn't started untiwhaling wasn't started until 1986.
The range of environments across the nations also provides the perfect habitat for a variety of flora and animal species such as puffins, whales, lemmings and the Tundra wolf.
Vertigo Sea has as its narrative spine two remarkable books: Herman Melville's Moby - Dick (1851) and Heathcote Williams» epic poem Whale Nation (1988), a harrowing and inspiring work which charts the history, intelligence and majesty of the largest mammal on earth.
Just as Cheney's belligerent threats prevent moderates in the US and Iran from negotiating, Watson undermines moderates in whaling nations by attacking their citizens.
But as the Japanese plan a large slaughter (murder) of humpback whales very soon this year, we need direct intervention of the navies of the US, Australia or any other nation that believes it is moral.
In its opening statement, HSI leadership cited the recent GEO - 5 report from the United Nations Environment Program, which celebrated the IWC's transition from a body devoted to whaling to a global force for protecting whales and encouraging non-consumptive practices such as whale watching.
While some nations look for a return to commercial whaling, pro-whale forces have redoubled their efforts to establish whale sanctuaries in as many oceans as possible.
Korea's proposal, foretold in its opening statement, ran smack into science itself, meeting quick condemnation by whale - friendly nations that cast it as a means of opening the door to commercial whaling, while citing the quality of non-lethal research being carried out by many nations worldwide.
Asking member nations to support a Resolution on Cetaceans and Ecosystem services that notes the increasing research showing that far from eating all the fish, as Japan and other countries have claimed, whales actually enhance ecosystem productivity and help regulate carbon dioxide in the atmosphere;
Urging whale - friendly member nations to press for stronger protection for whales, and firmly opposing strategies to undermine the commercial whaling moratorium, such as continuing calls to establish a new category of commercial whaling known as «small type coastal whaling»;
Whales are already facing significant threats from climate change, marine pollution, ship strikes, etc., and it is irresponsible for industrialized nations such as Iceland to put even greater pressure on these animals by hunting them to supply a luxury food market.
Nor does this ban cover small cetaceans (whales, dolphins, and porpoises), as Japan and a handful of other nations refuse to accept the IWC's jurisdiction over small cetaceans.
The United Nations Convention on the Trade of Endangered Species of Flora and Fauna (CITES) lists the whale shark, basking shark, and great white shark as species that could become threatened if trade is not controlled.