2008: Santiago, Chile
Impacts of climate change on Antarctic whales
- Ice Breaker - Pushing the Boundaries for Whales [pdf, 3.76 MB]
- Rompehielos - 2ºC que podrían cambiar el hábitat de las ballenas [pdf, 3.81 MB]
- Briseur de Glace: Le rechauffement du climat repousse les limites pour les baleines [pdf, 3.76 MB]
- Scientific paper - impacts of a 2 degree warming on Antarctica's whales [pdf, 1.03 MB]
The 60th meeting of the International Whaling Commission will take place in Santiago, Chile, and thus is an exciting opportunity – it has been nearly a quarter of a century since an IWC meeting was last held in South America.
The location of this year’s meeting provides an opportunity to not only highlight the important issues pertaining to cetacean conservation in South America, but will also allow greater participation of scientists and civil society from the region.This site will soon contain WWF’s positions for Santiago, and documents and reports that we will launch during the meeting, including scientific studies relating to the conservation of South American whales and dolphins.
The official agenda for the meeting can be found on the IWC website.
WWF Position and related documents
- 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]
News
27 Jun 2008
Some progress for whales – but a long way to go
WWF has applauded the International Whaling Commission’s willingness to re-examine its role in whale conservation, but is concerned the process might take too long for some threatened whale and dolphin species.
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23 Jun 2008
Scientists find whales innocent of global decline in fisheries
The argument that great whales are behind declining fish stocks is completely without scientific foundation, leading researchers and conservation organizations said today as the International Whaling Commission opened its 60th meeting in Santiago, Chile. » Read more
20 Jun 2008
Whales set to chase shrinking feed zones
Endangered migratory whales will be faced with shrinking crucial Antarctic foraging zones which will contain less food and will be further away, a new analysis of the impacts of climate change on Southern Ocean whales has found. » Read more
