60th International Whaling Commission meeting in Santiago, Chile
The 60th meeting of the International Whaling Commission took place in Santiago, Chile.
The location of the 2008 meeting provided an opportunity to not only highlight the important issues pertaining to cetacean conservation in South America, but also allowed greater participation of scientists and civil society from the region.
Read more about WWF's positioning and participation in meeting:
Read more about WWF's positioning and participation in meeting:
- WWF Position on whaling and the IWC, 2008 [pdf, 166 KB]
- WWF Opening Statement for the 60th meeting of the IWC [pdf, 179 KB]
- Number of whales killed since the IWC Moratorium started. [pdf, 116 KB]
- WWF's conservation work in Latin America and the Caribbean [pdf, 98 KB]
- Programa marino y de especies en latinoamerica y el caribe [pdf, 98 KB]
- Scientific critique of the 'whales eat fish' issue [pdf, 216 KB]
- WWF - Support for Science at IWC60 [pdf, 153 KB]
- WWF Verbal Presentation to the IWC - English and French [pdf, 95 KB]
Impacts of climate change on Antarctic whales
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Ice Breaker - Pushing the Boundaries for Whales
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Rompehielos - 2ºC que podrían cambiar el hábitat de las ballenas
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Briseur de Glace: Le rechauffement du climat repousse les limites pour les baleines
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Scientific paper by Cynthia Tynan and Joellen Russell - impacts of a 2 degree warming on Antarctica's whales
News from IWC 2008
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