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IWC Vocabulary

A guide to help you better understand the weird words and ambiguous acronyms of the International Whaling Commission.

61st International Whaling Commission meeting

The Economics of subsidies to Whaling

Cetaceans and climate change

Madeira, Portugal - June 22-26, 2009

The International Whaling Commission (IWC) is at a crossroads— and its integrity is in the balance. WWF stands ready to work with governments to move the IWC forward and find the best possible solutions for the conservation of whales, dolphins and porpoises.



For more information on WWF's positions and important issues at this year's meeting:

Go here for a full list of WWF reports, statements an fact sheets on whales and whaling

Latest news

Atlantic white-sided dolphin

Slow swimming whale meeting makes climate change breakthrough

The International Whaling Commission adopted a major climate change resolution on the last day of its 61st meeting, although it failed to take decisions on contentious whaling issues after days of negotiations that have hampered its progress in recent years.

Posted on 26 June 2009 | 4 comments | Read more

Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus), Black Sea, Crimea, Ukraine

Disappearing dolphins clamour for attention at whale summit

Small whales are disappearing from the world’s oceans and waterways as they fall victim to fishing gear, pollution, and habitat loss – compounded by a lack of conservation measures such as those developed for great whales, according to a new WWF report.

Posted on 24 June 2009 | Read more

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Publications

Report front page

Cetaceans and Other Marine Biodiversity of the Eastern Tropical Pacific: Options for Adapting to Climate Change.

In recognition of the potential threat posed by climate change to the ecology of the Eastern Pacific and in support of the International Whaling Commission’s (IWC) initiatives regarding the impact of climate change on cetaceans, the government of Costa Rica hosted a workshop on Climate Change and Adaptation Options for Cetaceans and Other Marine Biodiversity of the Eastern Pacific, in Santo Domingo de Heredia, Costa Rica, 9-11 February 2009.

Posted on 12 June 2009 | 0 comments | Read more

WWF position following the IWC intersessional meeting, March 2009

A proposed “package deal” that would allow Japan a five year coastal whaling quota in exchange for phasing out or reducing its so-called scientific whaling program in the Southern Ocean is not an acceptable compromise as it does not do enough to protect whales according to WWF.

Posted on 11 March 2009 | 0 comments | Read more

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