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In pictures: Turtally devoted to you: Happy World Turtle Day

Posted by Angela Glienicke — 23 May 2014 at 12:10am - Comments
All rights reserved. Credit: © Greenpeace / Daniel M Ocampo
A Hawksbill turtle on Apo Island, internationally acknowledged as a model community managed marine reserve.

Today is World Turtle Day, a great opportunity to celebrate some of the world’s oldest creatures as well as draw attention to the sea turtles' plight. Terrific turtles have been swimming the world's oceans for more than 100 million years, but now face many dangers as they travel the seas.

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Japanese Whalers to Kill Endangered Species

Last edited 8 November 2005 at 9:00am
8 November, 2005

For immediate release: Tuesday 8th November 2005

The Japanese whaling fleet left port this morning to kill almost 1,000 whales, including endangered fin whales.

The fleet is heading towards the Southern Ocean, flouting an international ban on commercial whaling. Earlier this year, Japan announced its intention to more than double its cull of minke whales to 935 and to increase its programme further by killing 70 fin and 50 humpback whales - both of which are endangered - within the next three years.

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The International Whaling Commission

Last edited 13 August 2003 at 8:00am
Humpback whale

Humpback whale

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Victory! Mexican whale sanctuary declared

Last edited 20 November 2002 at 9:00am
Whale tail

Whale tail

Mexico has decreed a Mexican Whale Sanctuary in all of its EEZ (exclusive economic zone) in the Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea

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Japanese vote buying sinks South Pacific Whale Sanctuary

Last edited 24 July 2001 at 8:00am
24 July, 2001

Measures to further protect the world's whales were today undermined when South Pacific nations were denied their right to a South Pacific Whale Sanctuary (SPWS). Opposition from Japan, Norway and the block of countries that vote with Japan in return for Overseas Development Aid (1), prevented the sanctuary proposal from achieving the three quarters majority it needed to be adopted.

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Greenpeace urges Norway to condemn Japanese vote buying

Last edited 24 July 2001 at 8:00am
Greenpeace action against whaling in NorwayAs the International Whaling Commission meets in London this week, Greenpeace urged the Norwegian Prime Minister to publicly distance Norway from its traditional pro-whaling ally, Japan.


This follows last week's startling admission from a senior Japanese official that Japan has been using development aid to buy votes at the International Whaling Commission (IWC).

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Mori poll shows that Eastern Caribbean public supports South Pacific Whale Sanctuary

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26 April, 2001

As Greenpeace ship, the Arctic Sunrise, starts a tour of the Caribbean, the results of a MORI poll (1) reveals that people in the Eastern Caribbean support the creation of a South Pacific Whale Sanctuary (SPWS) by a margin of four to one.

People living in the six Caribbean countries (2) that are members of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) were asked whether or not those countries should support the establishment of a SPWS. Over half (54%) of the public across the six countries support the Sanctuary, and only 13% oppose it.

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How the South Pacific Whale Sanctuary was defeated

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Publication date: 
9 April, 2001

When the International Whaling Commission (IWC) met in Australia, in July 2000, many participants expected it to create a large whale sanctuary in the South Pacific. This sanctuary would have extended the existing Antarctic whale sanctuary, which covers the feeding grounds of the great whales, so that the warmer areas where the whales give birth and raise their young are also protected. The signs were good:

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Japan and East Caribbean Nations block whale sanctuary vote

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4 July, 2000

Adelaide July 2000. The proposal by the governments of Australia and New Zealand to establish a South Pacific Whale Sanctuary failed today at the International Whaling Commission (IWC) meeting in Adelaide, Australia.

Despite the proposal's defeat Greenpeace is encouraged by the strong support for the South Pacific Whale Sanctuary this year and welcomes the continued support of the governments of Australia and New Zealand to return with the proposal at next year's IWC meeting.

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The South Pacific Whale Sanctuary

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30 June, 2000

The South Pacific Sanctuary will protect the breeding grounds of whales whose feeding grounds are within the Southern Ocean Sanctuary, thus ensuring that whaling is prohibited on these populations where ever they might be.

Some populations of whales within the South Pacific Sanctuary were devastated by commercial whaling. For example, the humpback whales around Tonga were virtually wiped out by commercial whaling.

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