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We are totally dependent on our oceans. But, we're damaging them on a scale unimaginable to most people. Destructive fishing, polluting industries and climate change are threatening the survival of whole marine ecosystems, as species are driven towards extinction as their habitats are destroyed.

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What is OSPAR?

Greenpeace media briefing The OSPAR Convention is an international treaty charged with preventing and eliminating pollution of the marine environment in the...
Posted by admin - 28 October, 2001 - 08:00

Whale watching and Caribbean island tourism

The Global whale watching industryWhale watching is a billion dollar industry, practised in more than 87 different countries and territories world wide,...
Posted by admin - 23 July, 2001 - 08:00

Norwegian whaling - an export driven industry

Norway resumed commercial whaling in 1993 despite the fact that the International Whaling Commission (IWC) moratorium on all commercial whaling had been in...
Posted by admin - 23 July, 2001 - 08:00

Vote Buying: Japan's strategy to secure a return to large-scale whaling

Japan's agenda within the International Whaling Commission (IWC) is self-evident - it wants a return to large-scale commercial whaling and is prepared to go to...
Posted by admin - 23 July, 2001 - 08:00

Japanese whaling

The truth behind the Fisheries Agency of Japan's public relations campaign The Fisheries Agency of Japan (FAJ) has stepped up its attempts to resume commercial...
Posted by admin - 23 July, 2001 - 08:00

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