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Cetacean conservation implies the adoption of measures at various levels from international agreements with global and regional reach to measures at the European Union and...
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Signed in 1946, the International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling aims to regulate whaling. In order to do this, the Convention has established the International Whaling...
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Since 2004, Belgium has been a member of the International Whaling Commission, where it plays an active role in the group of non-hunting countries in favour of conservation and...
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Key measures of the IWC
Moratorium on commercial whaling
Entered into force in 1987, the moratorium on commercial whaling prohibits slaughter of cetaceans for commercial...
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The Commission (IWC)IWC is an intergovernmental organization that brings together representatives of all Member States. Since 2012, it meets every two years and its goal is...
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The system of protection and conservation of cetaceans is fragmented into a complex mosaic. In fact, alongside the IWC, there are other organisations and conventions concerning...
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Who doesn't have a mobile phone or MP3-player and who doesn't prefer energy-efficient bulbs? But this also comes with risks and are any threshold values imposed by the law for...
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The International Maritime Organization
The aim of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) is to have co-operation between member states in the field of maritime...
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Advancement of scientific knowledge justifies the increasing importance of animal welfare. Science shows that the suffering in animals exists and ethics encourages us to take this...
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Hunting and welfare
Physical suffering of cetaceans while hunting is very important for two reasons. Firstly because it is very difficult to kill a cetacean instantly, even a...