Symposium & Reference Documents

The following list of documents and references have been compiled ahead and as a result of the Symposium.

Symposium Documents
Opening Speeches
Speaker Presentations
Participant Contributions
Background Documents

Symposium Documents

Chair's Summary of the Symposium.
The Varda Group for the Pew Charitable Trusts (2006) "Backgrounder on the International Efforts for the Conservation of Whales".
The Varda Group for the Pew Charitable Trusts (2007) "Turning the Page: Bringing Whale Conservation into the 21st Century".

ENB Summary of the Symposium:

English PDF | HTML
French PDF | HTML

Opening Speeches

Charles J. Fox, The Pew Charitable Trusts.
Juanita Castaño, UNEP.
Sir Geoffrey Palmer, Chairman.

Speaker Presentations

State of the World's Whales Stocks

• Dr. Michael Tillman - A perspective from within the IWC.
• Dr. Daniel Pauly - A perspective from outside the IWC.
• Philippa Brakes - An NGO perspective (PowerPoint | Summary)

• Dr. Conall O'Connell - A perspective from within the IWC.
• Judge Neroni Slade - A perspective from outside the IWC.
• Duncan Currie - An NGO perspective.

• Rollie Schmitten - A perspective from within the IWC.
• Professor Atshushi Ishii - A perspective from outside the IWC.
• Kitty Block Esq. - An NGO perspective.

• Jose Truda Palazzo - A perspective from within the IWC.
• Yolanda Kakabadse - A perspective from outside the IWC.
• Karen Sack - An NGO perspective.

Participant Contributions

Robert Hepworth - Executive Secretary, UNEP Convention on Migratory Species (CMS).

Background Documents

• Baker CS, Clapham, P.J. (2004) "The ethics of scientific whaling: issues and alternatives".
• Buenos Aires Declaration (2005) Spanish
• Buenos Aires Declaration (2006) Spanish | English
• Burns, C.G. (2001) "From the Harpoon to the Heat: Climate Change and the International Whaling Commission in the 21st Century".
• Burns, C.G. and Wandesforde-Smith (2002) "The International Whaling Commission and the Future of Cetaceans in a Changing World".
• Burns, C.G. (2004) "The Berlin Initiative on Strengthening the Conservation Agenda of the International Whaling Commission: Toward a New Era for Cetaceans?".
• Instituto de Conservación de Ballenas (ICB) "Whales, a shared resource: First International Workshop on management and non-lethal use of Cetaceans" (Argentina, Sept. 2005) English | Spanish
• International Whaling Commission "Documents for the 59th Annual Meeting of the IWC and related meetings" (Anchorage, May 2007)
• International Whaling Commission "Annotated Provisional Agenda of the 59th Annual Meeting of the IWC" (Anchorage, 28-31st May 2007)
• Ministère français des Affaires étrangères (2007) "Présentation et enjeux actuels de la CBI"
• New Zealand Government (2006) "The Conservation of Whales in the 21st Century".
• Holt, S. (2006) "Whales competing with humans?".
• Papastavrou, V. & Cooke, J. (2006) "Sustainable Use of Oceanic Wildlife: What lessons can be learned from commercial whaling?".
• Parmentier, R. (2006) "Harpooning a dinosaur".
• Truda Palazzo, J. (1999) "Whose Whales? Developing Countries and the Right to Use Whales by Non-Lethal Means".
• UNEP/CMS (2006) "Migratory Species and Climate Change: Impacts of a Changing Environment on Wild Animals".
• United Kingdom's Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (2006) " Protecting Whales - A Global Responsibility".
• WDCS (2005) "The RMS - A question of confidence?".
• WDCS (2004) "Troubled Waters - A review of the welfare implications of modern whaling activities".
• WDCS (2007) "The impacts of climate change on marine mammals: early signs of significant problems".
• WWF (June 2005) "Report: Science, profit and politics: Scientific Whaling in the 21st Century"
• WWF (June 2006) "WWF Position on Whaling and the IWC".
• WWF (June 2006) "International Governance of the Conservation and Management of Whales".
• WWF (March 2007) "How is "Ecosystem Based Management" Defined in Global Environmental Agreements?".

Links

International Whaling Commission (IWC)
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)
Convention on Migratory Species (CMS)
Earth Negotiations Bulletin (ENB)
IUCN - World Conservation Union Species Programme
IUCN - World Conservation Union Marine Programme
Year of the Dolphin 2007

Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA)
Greenpeace
Humane Society
International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW)
Institute of Cetacean Research
Instituto de Conservación de Ballenas (Whale Conservation Institute, Argentina)
High North Alliance
Japan Whaling Association
Krill Count!
Ocean Alliance
The Pew Charitable Trusts
Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society (WDCS)
Whaling Library
Wildlife Committee, American Branch of the International Law Association
World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA)
Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF)

In the News

- San Francisco Chronicle "Save the whales at sea, too" (21 May 07)

- BBC Online "Did Greens help kill the whales" (16 May 07)

- BBC Online "Beyond the harpoon - whale saving begins at home" (11 May 07)

- Japón al Día (Peru) "Ballenas: observalas en vez de cazarlas"

- El Comercio (Quito) "Ecuador se suma a conservación de ballenas" (4 May 07)

- The Canberra Times "Plight of the stinky whale" (4 May 07)

- Brisbane Times "US official moots end to whaling moratorium" (16 April 07)

- Reuters "FEATURE - Iceland undecided on commercial whale hunts" (15 April 07)

- The Sydney Morning Herald "Japanese case for whaling dismissed" (14 April 07)

- Scoop Independent News "Whale Symposium in New York"

- The Guardian "Antarctica to Costa Rica: mapping the humpback whale's amazing journey" (4 April 07)

- The New York Times (Editorial) "Japan's Whaling Obsession" (1 April 07)

- El Pais "Caza de Orcas frente a Cádiz" (25 March 07)

- BBC Online "Troubled Japan whaler back home" (23 March 07)

- SignOnSanDiego.com "The disappearance of great whales would create a huge ecological void" (22 March 07)

- The New York Times "Whaling: A Japanese Obsession with American Roots" (14 March 07)

- BBC Online "Japanese whale hunt ended early" (28 Feb 07)

- International Herald Tribune "New Zealand demands Japan urgently move its stricken whaler from Antarctic coast" (22 Feb 07)

- BBC Online "Japan may resume whaling voyage" (21 Feb 07).

- New Zealand Herald "PM says stricken whaler should return to its port" (20 Feb 07).

- BBC Online "New Zealand ship warning to Japan" (20 Feb 07).

- Reuters "Ice threatens to trap stranded Japanese whaler" (19 Feb 07).

- BBC Online "Japan turns down Greenpeace help" (17 Feb 07).

- Japan Times six-part series on Japan and whaling (11 Feb 07).

- BBC Online "Can the Whales 'be-saved' - again? " (21 June 06).