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Pro-Whaling Nations Win
Last week, in St. Kitts and Nevis, at its annual meeting, the International Whaling Commission (IWC) voted (33 in favor, 32 against and one abstention) to adopt a non-binding declaration that supports the pro-whaling agenda and states that the IWC will collapse unless whaling resumes.
For the first time since the 1970s, the IWC is under the control of the pro-whaling countries. The list of countries voting in favor of overturning the moratorium includes African, Caribbean and Pacific nations with minimal whaling interests. Several international commentators have noted that Japan has spent millions in grant aid for fisheries development in some countries, implying that votes are being bought but this allegation is strongly denied by the Japanese who point to their desire to see managed whaling based on scientific knowledge. Pro-whaling nations insist that a limited return to commercial hunting is possible; stocks of some species are high enough, they maintain, charging that the IWC has become an organization dedicated to preventing whaling, contrary to its purpose. Currently, Norway ignores the ban on commercial whaling and Iceland also kills a number of whales. The United States allows indigenous hunters to take a few whales each year for sustenance and cultural purposes.
Now....
The point of the post;
Read back to the part ...." the IWC will collapse unless whaling resumes." :roll: :roll:
As in so many institutional eco movements today...the perpetuation of the self is far more priorituized then the perpetuation of the whales claimed to being fought for.
Steve
The greatest success of a movement is to put itself out of business, is it not!
Last week, in St. Kitts and Nevis, at its annual meeting, the International Whaling Commission (IWC) voted (33 in favor, 32 against and one abstention) to adopt a non-binding declaration that supports the pro-whaling agenda and states that the IWC will collapse unless whaling resumes.
For the first time since the 1970s, the IWC is under the control of the pro-whaling countries. The list of countries voting in favor of overturning the moratorium includes African, Caribbean and Pacific nations with minimal whaling interests. Several international commentators have noted that Japan has spent millions in grant aid for fisheries development in some countries, implying that votes are being bought but this allegation is strongly denied by the Japanese who point to their desire to see managed whaling based on scientific knowledge. Pro-whaling nations insist that a limited return to commercial hunting is possible; stocks of some species are high enough, they maintain, charging that the IWC has become an organization dedicated to preventing whaling, contrary to its purpose. Currently, Norway ignores the ban on commercial whaling and Iceland also kills a number of whales. The United States allows indigenous hunters to take a few whales each year for sustenance and cultural purposes.
Now....
The point of the post;
Read back to the part ...." the IWC will collapse unless whaling resumes." :roll: :roll:
As in so many institutional eco movements today...the perpetuation of the self is far more priorituized then the perpetuation of the whales claimed to being fought for.
Steve
The greatest success of a movement is to put itself out of business, is it not!
