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IWC61- vote distribution map

Publication | 18 June, 2009 at 17:04

Map showing Whale Conservation countries and Whaling proponents for IWC 61, June 2009, Madeira

Japan and IWC Membership

Publication | 18 June, 2009 at 15:13

Japan frequently threatens to leave the International Whaling Commission (IWC), and presumably would pursue whaling in the Southern Ocean, either on its own or under the authority of some new international organization. In fact, Japan has neither...

Japan and the Coastal Whaling trade off

Publication | 18 June, 2009 at 2:00

On 11 May 2009, the BBC revealed that, as part of what is billed as a peace process at the IWC, Japan had offered to reduce its 'scientific' catch of whales in Antarctic waters to 650 per year – just 29 less than it killed last season - in return...

Spectre of vote buying hangs over whaling talks

Press release | 13 October, 2002 at 2:00

Big Blue planet

Feature story | 28 May, 2007 at 2:00

People took to the streets in more than 50 locations around the world for the Big Blue March, voicing their support for the world's whales, and calling for an end to commercial whaling. The International Whaling Commission (IWC) opens in...

Why Greenpeace won’t compromise on commercial whaling.

Feature story | 21 June, 2010 at 16:11

As the International Whaling Commission (IWC) annual meeting begins in Morocco, there has been a flurry of media coverage over a possible ‘deal’ or ‘compromise’. Often the details, and sometimes the central points, can get lost as things are...

Disaster looms for whales

Feature story | 13 June, 2006 at 2:00

The international body charged by the UN with protecting the whales is about to be taken over by the world's most consistently and aggressively pro-whaling government. How could this happen? In an environmentally aware world, why are we seeing...

Whaling talks fail

Feature story | 23 June, 2010 at 14:57

In response to discussions taking place today at International Whaling Commission meeting in Morocco that signal that there will be no deal, Greenpeace Japan Programme Director Junichi Sato issued the following statement:

IWC working group promotes return of commercial whaling

Press release | 23 February, 2010 at 9:50

Greenpeace today called for a proposal by a working group of the International Whaling Commission that would allow the return of commercial whaling to be rejected out of hand, describing it as a dangerous throwback to the 20th century when whales...

Panama Whales Meeting: Fork In the Road for Future of Whales

Press release | 2 July, 2012 at 17:41

Panama, July 2, 2012 - As the 64th annual meeting of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) opens in Panama City, Greenpeace International oceans campaigner John Frizell said: “We have come to a fork in the road for the future of whales and...

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