International Whaling Commission

IWC wrap up: too busy disagreeing to save any whales.

Posted by Willie - 18 July 2011 at 4:18pm - 0 Comments
The bizarre pantomime that is the International Whaling Commission's annual meet
All rights reserved. Credit: © Willie Mackenzie / Greenpeace
The bizarre pantomime that is the International Whaling Commission's annual meeting

The contentious thing at this year’s International Whaling Committee (IWC) annual meeting wasn’t whaling, but bizarrely it was the issue of ‘consensus’.

The bizarre pantomime that is the International Whaling Commission's annual meeting

The bizarre pantomime that is the International Whaling Commission's annual meet
Author Credit:  © Willie Mackenzie / Greenpeace
Date Taken:  18 July, 2011

UK in the spotlight as global whale conference comes to Jersey

Posted by Willie - 12 July 2011 at 10:37am - 0 Comments
Humpback Whales swim underwater, just off the coast of Tonga.
All rights reserved. Credit: © Greenpeace / Paul Hilton
Will the dysfunctional status quo of the IWC be reformed this year? (Humpback off the coast of Tonga)

In a warehouse-like hall, with demoralisingly black walls, in a hotel on the Channel Island of Jersey, several hundred people have gathered this week for the annual meeting of the International Whaling Commission.

Humpback Whales swim underwater, just off the coast of Tonga.

Humpback Whales swim underwater, just off the coast of Tonga.
Author Credit:  © Greenpeace / Paul Hilton
Date Taken:  11 July, 2011