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by Simples | October 24, 2009 at 07:40 pm
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Help us save Japan’s dolphins!_
Around 20,000 dolphins, porpoises and other whales are cruelly slaughtered in Japanese waters every year. Now, we have a once-in-a lifetime opportunity to stop the appalling suffering inflicted upon these beautiful, intelligent creatures. A new Japanese Government has been swept to power and with it comes a chance to stop the slaughter once and for all.
Campaign Whale is the only UK member organisation of the ‘Save Japan Dolphins’ coalition which is fighting to end the slaughter of dolphins and porpoises in Japan. Within our ranks is Ric O’Barry, former trainer of ‘Flipper’ the dolphin (a hugely popular 1960s TV series and later Hollywood film) who is determined to expose the shocking link between these appalling hunts and the captive dolphin industry worldwide.
Exposed! Japan’s secret dolphin hunts coming to a cinema near you*
Campaign Whale and the ‘Save Japan Dolphins’ coalition are key partners behind an award-winning film ‘The Cove’ that has received rave reviews at film festivals around the world and is due to be released in the UK on October 23rd. This feature length docu-drama focuses on Taiji, a Japanese coastal town where over 2,000 dolphins are speared to death every year for their meat. While each dead dolphin sells for about US $600, those few captured alive are worth as much as US $200,000 when sold to aquariums and ‘swim with dolphins‘ parks around the world.
Deadly diet
‘The Cove’ also highlights the serious health threat posed to the people that eat dolphin and porpoise meat as it is dangerously contaminated with toxic pollutants, such as mercury, at levels that exceed public health safety limits. The shocking reality is that the people eating dolphin meat don’t know they are slowly poisoning themselves as well as their children, because dolphin meat is even included in school lunches! SPECIES IN PERIL: CETACEANS CAMPAIGN
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If you thought the whale had been saved - think again. Cetaceans - whales, dolphins and porpoises - need greater protection than ever, not only from the hunters, but also from the destruction of their environment.
The International Whaling Commission (IWC) originally agreed the moratorium on commercial whaling in 1982 on the basis of uncertainty about whale numbers and their ability to withstand any further depletion through hunting. Tens of thousands of great whales were killed every year before the implementation of the moratorium, driving many populations to the brink of extinction. The moratorium has proved to be one of the most successful conservation measures of the 20th Century allowing great whales a much-needed respite from the decimation of the past.
Many great whale populations are beginning to recover but they face an uncertain future. Substantial new scientific evidence has emerged demonstrating the severe degradation of our marine ecosystems. The survival of whales, dolphins and porpoises is now threatened by the combined onslaught of pollution, over-fishing, accidental catches and ship strikes, global climate change, ozone depletion and a host of other human-induced problems in addition to continued threats from hunting.
The IWC recognises that cetaceans face numerous direct and indirect threats as a result of human activities and directed its Scientific Committee to prioritise research on the impact of environmental changes in 1993. Commercial whaling serves no pressing human need – neither economic nor nutritional nor cultural – and methods used to kill whales are unacceptably inhumane. Yet Japan, Norway and Iceland and others are aggressively advocating the resumption of full-scale commercial whale hunting and international trade in whale products. Presently all three carry out commercial whaling through loopholes in the IWC Convention – Iceland and Norway because they have officially objected to the Moratorium and Japan under the guise of killing whales for science despite this ‘science’ being widely condemned.
Against this background, the IWC is trying to find solutions to the impasse between those that wish to kill whales and those that wish protect them. After years of discussion the IWC failed to agree a scheme that would manage commercial whaling if ever IWC rules allowed it to resume. The IWC is now engaged in discussing its future role, including whether some coastal commercial whaling by Japan should be allowed and what its priorities should be.
EIA is actively engaged in the Future of the IWC process and advocates a constructive vision for the evolution and future of the IWC as a cetacean protection organisation.
This includes:
• Opposing any resumption of commercial whaling or lifting of the moratorium;
• Seeking an immediate suspension of current commercial whaling operations by Japan, Norway and Iceland;
• Advocating the development and progression of the IWC into an effective conservation regime that is able to meet the daunting challenges facing all cetaceans in the 21st century;
• Supporting the carefully managed development of cetacean watching so that communities are able to make commercial use of cetaceans without harming them.
Around 70 species of dolphin, porpoise and toothed whale (known as small cetaceans) remain unprotected by international law. EIA has long been at the forefront of the fight to gain greater protection for small cetaceans around the world.
In Japan, the cessation of large whale hunting was used as an excuse to massively increase the hunt for unprotected cetaceans in their coastal waters. In 1988, shortly after the moratorium, the Japanese hand-harpoon catch of Dall’s porpoise shot up to over 40,000, wiping out an estimated 67% of the entire Japanese population in just three years. Today around 16,000 Dall’s porpoises are killed in Japanese waters each year, making it the world’s largest cetacean hunt for more than a quarter of a century. Several thousand other dolphins and ‘small whales’ are killed in unsustainable coastal hunts around Japan.
EIA’s small cetacean campaign seeks to:
• document and publicise these hunts;
• reduce demand for cetacean products within Japan;
• increase domestic and international pressure on the Government of Japan to better protect small cetaceans in its coastal waters;
• develop and strengthen the IWC’s role in the conservation and management of small cetaceans.
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For over 25 years, the battle to save the whales, dolphins and porpoises has symbolised the dawning of a more environmentally conscious age with the determination to fight against those intent on destroying our natural world for short-term profit. EIA’s aim is to ensure the safety and survival of all the world’s remaining whales, dolphins and porpoises.
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at 10:46 on October 25th, 2009
‘Iceland be a nice land – stop killing whales!’ in front of the Embassy and displayed a life-sized replica of a harpooned minke whale, the first of which was killed today. The protest has made headline news in Iceland."
www.campaign-whale.org/campaign-whale-protests-against-ic...
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Campaign Whale » Blog Archive » Campaign Whale protests against Icelandic whaling: "The protestors unfurled a banner reading ‘Iceland be a nice land – stop killing whales!’ in front of the Embassy and displayed a life-sized replica of a harpooned minke whale, the first of which was killed today. The protest has made headline news in Iceland."
at 10:53 on October 25th, 2009
DOLPHIN VIGIL AT THE JAPANESE EMBASSY IN LONDON>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Help EIA send a message to Japan to end the slaughter of whales, dolphins and porpoises
Dolphin Vigil at the Japanese Embassy in London
Cetaceans Campaign
www.eia-international.org/campaigns/species/cetaceans/
DOLPHIN VIGIL AT THE JAPANESE EMBASSY IN LONDON
Help EIA send a message to Japan to end the slaughter of whales, dolphins and porpoises
www.eia-international.org/showpic.php?pictitle=Dolphin Vigil EIA&dirname=news&picno=554-1
06 October 2009
DOLPHIN VIGIL AT THE JAPANESE EMBASSY IN LONDON
Help EIA send a message to Japan to end the slaughter of whales, dolphins and porpoises
Dolphin Vigil at the Japanese Embassy in London
101-104 Piccadilly
Wednesday 21st October, 12-2pm
Up to 20,000 whales, dolphins and porpoises (cetaceans) are killed in Japan’s coastal waters every year, driving some populations towards extinction. This includes around 15,000 Dall’s porpoises, the largest cetacean hunt in the world.
For almost 20 years, EIA has been investigating and exposing these cruel and unregulated hunts and campaigning to end them. Enormous pressure has been placed on the Japanese Government to ban them – and our campaigns have led more than 2,700 supermarket stores in Japan to stop selling whale, dolphin and porpoise products.
The hunts are now receiving unprecedented international attention due to the release of a new award winning docu-drama, the Cove, which tracks a group of committed activists who go undercover to film the dolphin drive hunt in Taiji.
To coincide with the release of The Cove in the UK, EIA and other organisations will be participating in a peaceful vigil outside the Japanese Embassy in Piccadilly, London on Wednesday 21st October from noon to 2pm.
Please join us if you can for an hour or two on 21st October and show the Japanese Government that you care about whales, dolphins and porpoises in their coastal waters. Bring a red flower to represent the animals killed to lay on the steps of the Embassy. The nearest tube station is Green Park.
People often ask what is the point of these actions? Embassies around the world are obliged to report back to their Governments any events that relate to them. Therefore our message will go directly to the Japanese Government loud and clear that it must end these hunts.
You can also support the campaign by signing an online petition calling on Gordon Brown to urge Japan’s new Prime Minister to end the hunts.
petitions.number10.gov.uk/dolphin-hunting/
DOLPHIN VIGIL AT THE JAPANESE EMBASSY IN LONDON
Help EIA send a message to Japan to end the slaughter of whales, dolphins and porpoises
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‘The Cove’ also focuses on a major element of our campaign within Japan: to expose the serious health threat posed to the people that eat the dolphin and porpoise meat, many unwittingly as it is often deliberately mislabeled as whale meat. Sadly, dolphins and porpoises carry a massive level of toxic contaminants, such as mercury and PCBs, that build up in their bodies through the food chain. Taiji Town Councillors that bravely warned of the threat of mercury poisoning from eating dolphin meat have now been ostracised in a community they have lived in all their lives, but at least the publicity has forced local schools to stop serving dolphin meat in school lunches. Meanwhile, elsewhere in Japan that problem, hopefully soon to be exposed as a national scandal, continues.
at 10:52 on October 25th, 2009
Pilot Whale hunt, Faroe Islands, 1986 - >>>>>>>>>>>>
SPECIES IN PERIL: CETACEANS CAMPAIGN Dolphin. © Getty Images -
SPECIES IN PERIL: CETACEANS CAMPAIGN
www.eia-international.org/campaigns/species/cetaceans/
Dolphin. © Getty Images
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Dalls Porpoise hunt, Japan, 1999
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Pilot Whale hunt, Faroe Islands, 1986
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DOLPHIN VIGIL AT THE JAPANESE EMBASSY IN LONDON
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imagem impressionante, Miriam..
onde é esse absurdo?
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Olá Marcos,
tudo isso é indigesto, mas voce verá os absurdos que acontecem no meio do massacre em cetáceos, principalmente, em Faroé Islands, consoles da Dinamarca, com baleias piloto e com golfinhos... E, quanto ao Japão chego a passar mal com o que chamam de baleação para fins científicos, TUDO ENROLAÇÃO E MUITOS ESCÂNDALOS...
É MASSACRE MESMO E DESTRUIÇÃO DA NATUREZA.
Que bom voce ter interesse em saber desses crimes ecológicos camuflados de tradição... E, outros!!!
SPECIES IN PERIL: CETACEANS CAMPAIGN
Dolphin. © Getty Images -
Dalls Porpoise hunt, Japan, 1999 -
Pilot Whale hunt, Faroe Islands, 1986 -
www.eia-international.org/campaigns/species/c etaceans/
If you thought the whale had been saved - think again. Cetaceans - whales, dolphins and porpoises - need greater protection than ever, not only from the hunters, but also from the destruction of their environment.
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Marcos Arruda,
encontre voce aqui:
DOLPHIN VIGIL AT THE JAPANESE EMBASSY IN LONDON
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at 10:59 on October 25th, 2009
Dalls Porpoise hunt, Japan, 1999 - >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
SPECIES IN PERIL: CETACEANS CAMPAIGN>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Dolphin. © Getty Images
SPECIES IN PERIL: CETACEANS CAMPAIGN
www.eia-international.org/campaigns/species/cetaceans/
Dolphin. © Getty Images -
Dalls Porpoise hunt, Japan, 1999 -
Pilot Whale hunt, Faroe Islands, 1986 -
SPECIES IN PERIL: CETACEANS CAMPAIGN
www.eia-international.org/campaigns/species/cetaceans/
Dolphin. © Getty Images
www.eia-international.org/cgi/content/images/image41-1.jpg
Dalls Porpoise hunt, Japan, 1999
www.eia-international.org/cgi/content/images/image41-2.jpg
Pilot Whale hunt, Faroe Islands, 1986
www.eia-international.org/cgi/content/images/image41-3.jpg
If you thought the whale had been saved - think again. Cetaceans - whales, dolphins and porpoises - need greater protection than ever, not only from the hunters, but also from the destruction of their environment.
>>>>>>>>> Para aproveitar ao máximo o Flickr, você deve usar um navegador que permita JavaScript e instalar a última versão do Macromedia Flash Player. Comentários
Latest from the Cetaceans Campaign:
6 Oct 09
Dolphin Vigil at the Japanese Embassy in London
www.eia-international.org/cgi/news/news.cgi?ttemplate&am...
Press Release: 25 Sep 09
‘The Cove’ Documentary of Japan’s coastal dolphin and whale hunts airs in Japan
www.eia-international.org/cgi/news/news.cgi?ttemplate&am...
Press Release: 30 Jul 09
New footage of rare Baird’s beaked whale landing in Chiba, Japan
www.eia-international.org/cgi/news/news.cgi?ttemplate&am...
MORE CETACEANS CAMPAIGN NEWS >>
www.eia-international.org/campaigns/species/cetaceans/news/
Also see:
www.eia-international.org/campaigns/species/cetaceans/wha...
WHAT CAN I DO?
Cetaceans Campaign actions
www.eia-international.org/campaigns/species/cetaceans/rep...
REPORTS & BRIEFINGS
Publication produced by EIA as part of the Cetaceans Campaign
www.eia-international.org/campaigns/species/cetaceans/bac...
FURTHER INFORMATION
Background details and supplementary campaign information.
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at 11:17 on October 25th, 2009
La ferocia dell'uomo: la strage dei cetacei in Danimarca nelle isole Feroe
QUANDO L'UOMO DIVENTERA' UN ESSERE UMANO?
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La ferocia dell'uomo: la strage dei cetacei in Danimarca nelle isole Feroe
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The truth, currently, the faroesa society is debating on eventual stoppage of the hunting having in mind medical warnings to the feeding of meat and fat of whale due to chemical contamination. Dentated whales as the whale-pilot are in the high one of the maritime alimentary chain, and are, therefore, more inclined than the majority of the other maritime organisms to accumulate toxic substances of the ocean.
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at 11:24 on October 25th, 2009
Mekong dolphins 'almost extinct' + Pollution in the Mekong river has pushed freshwater dolphins in Cambodia and Laos to the brink of extinction, the conservation group WWF has said.
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8106323.stm
Mekong dolphins 'almost extinct'
Cambodian Mekong Irrawaddy dolphin ; pic courtesy WWF
The WWF says fewer than 80 dolphins are left ( Image courtesy WWF)
Pollution in the Mekong river has pushed freshwater dolphins in Cambodia and Laos to the brink of extinction, the conservation group WWF has said.
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Only 64 to 76 Irrawaddy dolphins remain in the Mekong, it says, and calls for a cross-border plan to help the dolphins.
Toxic levels of pesticides, mercury and other pollutants have been found in more than 50 calves that have died since 2003.
The Mekong flows from China through Laos, Cambodia, Thailand and Vietnam.
"These pollutants are widely distributed in the environment and so the source of this pollution may involve several countries through which the Mekong river flows," said WWF veterinary surgeon Verne Dove in a press statement.
Critically endangered
The group said it was investigating how contamination had entered the Mekong river.
Since 2003, the dolphin population has suffered 88 deaths, of which more than 60% were calves under two weeks old, it said.
"Necropsy analysis identified a bacterial disease as the cause of the calf deaths," Dr Dove said in the WWF report.
"This disease would not be fatal unless the dolphin's immune systems were suppressed, as they were in these cases, by environmental contaminants," he said.
Researchers found toxic levels of pesticides such as DDT and environmental contaminants such as PCBs during analysis of the dead dolphin calves.
These pollutants may also pose a health risk to human populations living along the Mekong - who consume the same fish and water as the dolphins - the group suggested.
High levels of mercury were also found in some of the dead dolphins, which directly affects the immune system making the animals more susceptible to infectious disease.
"A trans-boundary preventative health programme is urgently needed to manage the disease affected animals in order to reduce the number of deaths each year," said Seng Teak, Country Director of WWF Cambodia.
The Mekong River Irrawaddy dolphin, which inhabits a 190 km (118 mile) stretch in Cambodia and Laos, has been listed as critically endangered since 2004, the WWF said.
The Irrawaddy dolphin is also seen in parts of South Asia.
There too it has dwindled in numbers, although last year thousands of Irrawaddy dolphins were found in Bangladeshi waters when they were previously thought to be extinct in the area. Para aproveitar ao máximo o Flickr, você deve usar um navegador que permita JavaScript e instalar a última versão do Macromedia Flash Player. Comentários
SRAGE DI DELFINI IN DANIMARCA (TUTTO PER GIOCO)
Galeria de cristiana.piraino
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Una grossa denuncia su questa situazione viene fatta dalla Sea Shepherd Conservation Society la società fondata nel 1977 dal Capitano Paul Watson, a suo tempo, cofondatore di Greenpeace, da sempre in primo piano per cercare di fermare queste atrocità che intitola l'articolo "Vi è qualcosa di molto marcio in Danimarca" di cui riportiamo alcuni passaggi tradotti dall'inglese:
"L'orribile macellazione annuale di migliaia di balene pilota indifese ogni anno nelle isole Feroe, in lingua danese Isole Fær Øer, è altrettanto crudele come la macellazione del delfino effettuata dai giapponesi nelle Taiji. Ho visto le baie delle isole Færøer tinte di rosso dal sangue e ho sentito le urla delle balene pilota ferite mortalmente che urlavano per la propria vita mentre bagnavano i volti avinazzati dei loro massacratori con il loro sangue caldo, ridendo mentre le stupravano con le loro lame. E' uno spettacolo mostruoso ed è una oscenità abbracciata completamente dal governo danese e da molta gente danese. (...)"
>>>> leggi ARTICOLO COMPLETO SU WWW.ELICRISO.IT >>>>>>>
www.elicriso.it/it/stragi_compiute_uomo/strag e_delfini_da...
www.elicriso.it/ >>>>>>>>>
www.elicriso.it/it/stragi_compiute_uomo/strag e_delfini_da...
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Oi! Sou administrador de um grupo chamado Asian Animals and Wildlife e nós adoraríamos ter isto adicionado ao grupo!
WoW, Fantastic shot, Beautiful Animal, J
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at 11:26 on October 25th, 2009
Hvalfjordur whaling station, Iceland. Fin whale carcass.
Hvalfjordur whaling station, Iceland. Fin whale carcass.
Revealed: Icelandic whale in storage, landfill
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Armed Cruise Ship To Intercept Japanese Whalers
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Here's a post a wrote for gCaptain today one Japan's Whaling Fleet;
Reuters has an update on Australia’s recent attempts to track Japan’s whaling fleet:
0B15861B-CD09-4F7C-8F60-6355EC529D43.jpgCANBERRA,
Australia (Reuters) — An Australian fisheries ship has begun pursuing
Japan’s whaling fleet near Antarctica to gather evidence for an
international court challenge to halt the yearly slaughter, officials
said Wednesday.The icebreaker Oceanic Viking,
used for customs and fisheries policing, left a base near Perth on
Tuesday to track the fleet in the Southern Ocean for up to 20 days, a
Home Affairs Ministry spokeswoman said.
The vessel has stowed arms below deck to avoid a confrontation, but
Australian customs officials on board plan to gather photographic and
video evidence of the Japanese kill.
In mid December The Sydney Morning Herald gave further details on the “customs” ship:
Australian customs ship australian vikingAUSTRALIA
plans to spy on the Japanese whaling fleet using an armed P&O
cruise ship, with a lesser role for the Australian Defence
Force.High-level talks have focused on leasing the commercial vessel,
Oceanic Viking, which has a re-enforced hull to cut through ice, a crew
trained for polar conditions and “super-telephoto” lenses to record the
whale slaughter.
Sources said the ship would also carry video equipment, and the
images would be used in Australian international court action planned
against the Japanese whale hunt, the largest for 20 years. The images
would complement a series of aerial surveys on whale populations, to
begin soon.
Under plans being developed, the Oceanic Viking
would have two .50-calibre machine-guns manned by a customs boarding
party to supply the “muscle”, while working with a civilian P&O
crew. Continue Reading…
Since that article was published the Japanese fleet abandoned plans
hunt 50 endangered humpback whales, refocusing efforts on a goal of 900
minke whales and 50 fin whales. In response to the changes Australia
has decided the guns, while remaining aboard, will be kept under lock
and key.
Along with the customs ship Greenpeace has given orders to the M/V Esperanza (photos) to join the effort. The following image is charts planned route of each vessel.
Continue reading at gCaptain.com
A INDUSTRIA DO CRIME NO JAPÃO
The Whale Boat
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Humpback fluke, Southern Ocean
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One of the humpbacks that got away - last month Japan's whaling fleet dropped it's controversial decision to kill 50 threatened humpbacks in the Southern Ocean. This whale could have been harpooned!
This photo was taken when more than 50 whales gathered around the Esperanza on Monday morning, feeding, and checking us out.
More on the weblog - including sounds and underwater footage here...
Petition asks Denmark to defend whales
www.nowpublic.com/petition_asks_denmark_to_defend_whales#...
Denmark position inside the International Whaling Commission (IWC) has changed many times in the past years. Mostly of its population opposes whaling and it has supported many positive initiatives to protect whales, but recently it changed again its position becoming a strong pro-whaling country, mostly due to the pressure of Greenland and the Faroe island.
Japanese Government invited Denmark, as many other Governments, to a meeting this February to discuss the future of the Whaling Industry. The clear intent is to create an illusion of widespread support for an end to the moratorium on commercial whaling by the IWC.
Today Greenpeace launched a petition asking Denmark not to go to this meeting.
It's possible to sign the petition here.
Whale Hunting or Whale Watching?
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BBC NEWS
Tentative steps to whaling peace
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7285544.stm
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BBC reported that IWC talks have reached some tentative agreements:
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7285544.stm
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Australia Sends Armed Merchant Ship To Track Whalers
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Uma foto pra se refletir, Miriam..
Boa tarde...
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at 11:32 on October 25th, 2009
por MIRIAM GODET
Whale Hunting or Whale Watching? Which one is better?
www.nowpublic.com/environment/whale-hunting-or-whale-watc...
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The Whale Boat
www.nowpublic.com/environment/whale-boat
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Armed Cruise Ship To Intercept Japanese Whalers
www.nowpublic.com/environment/armed-cruise-ship-intercept...
Here's a post a wrote for gCaptain today one Japan's Whaling Fleet;
Reuters has an update on Australia’s recent attempts to track Japan’s whaling fleet:
Australia (Reuters) — An Australian fisheries ship has begun pursuing
Japan’s whaling fleet near Antarctica to gather evidence for an
international court challenge to halt the yearly slaughter, officials
said Wednesday.The icebreaker Oceanic Viking,
used for customs and fisheries policing, left a base near Perth on
Tuesday to track the fleet in the Southern Ocean for up to 20 days, a
Home Affairs Ministry spokeswoman said.
The vessel has stowed arms below deck to avoid a confrontation, but
Australian customs officials on board plan to gather photographic and
video evidence of the Japanese kill.
In mid December The Sydney Morning Herald gave further details on the “customs” ship:
Australian customs ship australian vikingAUSTRALIA
plans to spy on the Japanese whaling fleet using an armed P&O
cruise ship, with a lesser role for the Australian Defence
Force.High-level talks have focused on leasing the commercial vessel,
Oceanic Viking, which has a re-enforced hull to cut through ice, a crew
trained for polar conditions and “super-telephoto” lenses to record the
whale slaughter.
Sources said the ship would also carry video equipment, and the
images would be used in Australian international court action planned
against the Japanese whale hunt, the largest for 20 years. The images
would complement a series of aerial surveys on whale populations, to
begin soon.
Under plans being developed, the Oceanic Viking
would have two .50-calibre machine-guns manned by a customs boarding
party to supply the “muscle”, while working with a civilian P&O
crew. Continue Reading…
Since that article was published the Japanese fleet abandoned plans
hunt 50 endangered humpback whales, refocusing efforts on a goal of 900
minke whales and 50 fin whales. In response to the changes Australia
has decided the guns, while remaining aboard, will be kept under lock
and key.
Along with the customs ship Greenpeace has given orders to the M/V Esperanza (photos) to join the effort. The following image is charts planned route of each vessel.
Continue reading at gCaptain.com
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A INDUSTRIA DO CRIME NO JAPÃO
Humpback fluke, Southern Ocean
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One of the humpbacks that got away - last month Japan's whaling fleet dropped it's controversial decision to kill 50 threatened humpbacks in the Southern Ocean. This whale could have been harpooned!
This photo was taken when more than 50 whales gathered around the Esperanza on Monday morning, feeding, and checking us out.
More on the weblog - including sounds and underwater footage here...
Petition asks Denmark to defend whales
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Denmark position inside the International Whaling Commission (IWC) has changed many times in the past years. Mostly of its population opposes whaling and it has supported many positive initiatives to protect whales, but recently it changed again its position becoming a strong pro-whaling country, mostly due to the pressure of Greenland and the Faroe island.
Japanese Government invited Denmark, as many other Governments, to a meeting this February to discuss the future of the Whaling Industry. The clear intent is to create an illusion of widespread support for an end to the moratorium on commercial whaling by the IWC.
Today Greenpeace launched a petition asking Denmark not to go to this meeting.
It's possible to sign the petition here.
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Hvalfjordur whaling station, Iceland. Fin whale carcass.
Revealed: Icelandic whale in storage, landfill
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BBC NEWS
Tentative steps to whaling peace
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BBC reported that IWC talks have reached some tentative agreements:
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Australia Sends Armed Merchant Ship To Track Whalers
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Conectado como MIRIAM GODET If you thought the whale had been saved - think again. >>>>>>>>>>>>Cetaceans - whales, dolphins and porpoises - need greater protection than ever, not only from the hunters, but also from the destruction of their environment. SPECIES IN PERIL: CETACEANS CAMPAIGN www.eia-international.org/campaigns/species/cetaceans/ Dolphin. © Getty Images www.eia-international.org/cgi/content/images/image41-1.jpg Dalls Porpoise hunt, Japan, 1999 www.eia-international.org/cgi/content/images/image41-2.jpg Pilot Whale hunt, Faroe Islands, 1986 www.eia-international.org/cgi/content/images/image41-3.jpg If you thought the whale had been saved - think again. Cetaceans - whales, dolphins and porpoises - need greater protection than ever, not only from the hunters, but also from the destruction of their environment. >>>>>>>>> Para aproveitar ao máximo o Flickr, você deve usar um navegador que permita JavaScript e instalar a última versão do Macromedia Flash Player. Comentários MIRIAM GODET disse: Latest from the Cetaceans Campaign: 6 Oct 09 Dolphin Vigil at the Japanese Embassy in London www.eia-international.org/cgi/news/news.cgi?t =template&am... Press Release: 25 Sep 09 ‘The Cove’ Documentary of Japan’s coastal dolphin and whale hunts airs in Japan www.eia-international.org/cgi/news/news.cgi?t =template&am... Press Release: 30 Jul 09 New footage of rare Baird’s beaked whale landing in Chiba, Japan www.eia-international.org/cgi/news/news.cgi?t =template&am... MORE CETACEANS CAMPAIGN NEWS >> www.eia-international.org/campaigns/species/c etaceans/news/ Also see: www.eia-international.org/campaigns/species/c etaceans/wha... WHAT CAN I DO? Cetaceans Campaign actions www.eia-international.org/campaigns/species/c etaceans/rep... REPORTS & BRIEFINGS Publication produced by EIA as part of the Cetaceans Campaign www.eia-international.org/campaigns/species/c etaceans/bac... FURTHER INFORMATION Background details and supplementary campaign information. Postado 3 dias atrás. ( permalink | excluir | editar )
at 14:25 on October 25th, 2009
www.campaign-whale.org/campaigns/japan-dolphins
Help stop Japan’s secret dolphin slaughter!
What you can do
1) Write to Prime Minister Gordon Brown
Please write to Prime Minister Gordon Brown asking him to put pressure on the new Japanese Prime Minister and his government to end the cruel dolphin, porpoise and whale hunts:Help Campaign Whale end the horiffic Japanese dolphin slaughter
The Rt Hon Gordon Brown MP, Prime Minister, 10, Downing Street, London, SW1A 2AA.
Email: Send a message via email.number10.gov.uk/ (click the ‘Contact the Prime Ministers Office’ option and complete the form)
2) Sign our petition to Gordon Brown calling on the new Japanese Prime Minister to stop the cruel slaughter of dolphins, porpoises and other whales.
Please click here to sign our petition to Gordon Brown - Thank you!
3) Download our petition to the Japanese Prime Minister for family friends and workmates to sign
4) Contact your MP
Ask him or her to sign Parliamentary Early Day Motion (EDM) No. 2087 entitled ‘DOLPHIN HUNTING’ which calls on Gordon Brown to raise this issue with the new Japanese Prime Minister and Government. You can find out the name of your MP and send him or her a message by clicking here.
5) Watch ‘The Cove’ coming to a cinema near you
This is a docu-drama secretly filmed in Japan. See below for more information.
Background information
This year, Japan, Norway and Iceland will kill around 2,000 great whales between them in the biggest whale slaughter since commercial whaling was banned by the International Whaling Commission (IWC) 23 years ago.
However, the defiant whaling nations did not receive a single word of criticism or condemnation at this year’s annual meeting of the IWC, held in Madeira last May. This is because that meeting was dominated by a US led attempt to strike a compromise deal with Japan – a deal which threatens to legitimize the cruel killing of whales and shatter the whaling ban, heralding a return to the dark days of mass whale slaughter for profit.
However, while these sleazy negotiations over a return to commercial whaling continue, the mass slaughter of tens of thousands of smaller whales, dolphins and porpoises every year has continued largely unnoticed, unreported and unabated. But all this is about to change.
Japan’s dolphin tragedy
Every year, over 20,000 smaller whales, dolphins and porpoises are cruelly slaughtered in Japanese waters. The meat is sold for human consumption, even though it is tainted with toxic industrial pollutants such as mercury, DDTs and PCBs, all known to be hazardous to human health. Those that have witnessed these hunts first hand, or watched our secretly filmed footage, will never forget the appalling brutality and suffering inflicted upon these beautiful, intelligent creatures.
Campaign Whale is the sole UK representative of the Save Japan Dolphins Coalition
The coalition is fighting to end the slaughter of dolphins and porpoises in Japan. Within our ranks is Ric O’Barry, former trainer of ‘Flipper’ the dolphin (a hugely popular sixties TV series and later Hollywood film). In reality, Flipper was not one, but five animals that all died during the run of the show – a sad reality for these intelligent animals when held in captivity. Ric O’Barry is now working with us, determined to stop the slaughter in Taiji and other Japanese coastal villages, as well as highlight the shocking link between the dolphin hunts and the captive industry for dolphins around the world.
Watch out for ‘The Cove’
Now at last the appalling truth of Japan’s secret dolphin slaughter may be coming to a cinema near you. The slaughter of dolphins has been captured by hidden cameras in a feature length drama-documentary called ‘The Cove’ that has received standing ovations at the Sundance and other film festivals this year.
The film, due to be released in the UK this October, focuses on Taiji, a Japanese coastal town where around 2,300 dolphins are speared to death every year for their meat. Each dead dolphin sells for about US $600, but those few captured alive are worth as much as US $200,000 when sold to aquariums and dolphin ‘swim’ parks around the world.Please help Campaign Whale protect Japanese Dolphins
The dolphin slaughter in Taiji takes place between September and March in a heavily-guarded coastal inlet. Taiji has become the epicentre of our campaign, and an undercover team secretly filmed the hunts using cameras disguised as rocks, to expose an ongoing tragedy that is covered up by the local authorities and the Japanese government.
What they filmed was truly horrific. After driving the dolphins into the cove by hammering on metal poles, the fishermen repeatedly stab the helpless animals until the water turns blood red. Some of the dolphins, traumatised by witnessing the horrific slaughter of their pod members, are captured alive to be sold to aquaria and ‘swim with dolphins’ programmes around the world.
The Japanese government tell the fishermen that dolphins are “pests” that eat too many fish, but the real reason for fishery declines is human over-fishing, climate change and pollution.
A deadly diet
‘The Cove’ also focuses on a major element of our campaign within Japan: to expose the serious health threat posed to the people that eat the dolphin and porpoise meat, many unwittingly as it is often deliberately mislabeled as whale meat. Sadly, dolphins and porpoises carry a massive level of toxic contaminants, such as mercury and PCBs, that build up in their bodies through the food chain. Taiji Town Councillors that bravely warned of the threat of mercury poisoning from eating dolphin meat have now been ostracised in a community they have lived in all their lives, but at least the publicity has forced local schools to stop serving dolphin meat in school lunches. Meanwhile, elsewhere in Japan that problem, hopefully soon to be exposed as a national scandal, continues.
Campaign Update
Date: 16th September
Save Japan Dolphins campaigners in Taiji have saved 70 dolphins from slaughter this week. Fishermen captured 100 bottlenose dolphins and 50 pilot whales on September 9th, but last Sunday 13th September, 70 of these dolphins were released unharmed. The fishermen hope to sell the remaining 30 dolphins to dolphinaria.
Sadly, although we could not save the pilot whales this time, the release of the dolphins represents a significant development. Ultimately, we hope to persuade Taiji’s fishermen to stop the killing of all dolphins and other small whales, and for other Japanese coastal towns to follow suit.
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at 16:43 on October 25th, 2009
Campaign Whale is working hard to stop the cruel, outdated and unnecessary commercial whaling industry once and for all. We are a well-respected, influential organisation that will not compromise over the killing of these beautiful, intelligent creatures.
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at 00:51 on October 26th, 2009
Please get in touch with Paschen who is a NP editor, because yr stories certainly earn a much better exposure as is presented. I certainly agree with yr initiative but a much better content presentation is required to get your message across. For example start with the background of this issue by explaining what occurred in the past, build it up step by step, so that outsiders first get a better understanding on the importance of this issue.
at 08:56 on October 26th, 2009
PIM of SPAIN
You have reason, approved now?
at 06:21 on October 29th, 2009
THE END OF THIS TRAGEDY WILL ARRIVE!
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Launch of the Visit Japan Year 2010 Campaign (25/11/09)
In 2003, the Japanese government launched the Visit Japan Campaign, an inbound tourism initiative aiming to attract 10 million international visitors to Japan by 2010. As the the final goal year 2010 approaches, Japan National Tourism Organization (JNTO) will set up a dedicated campaign website providing information on Japan travel and tourism. The website which is scheduled to go live on November 25, 2009, will also host a competition giving away prizes including a return air ticket to Japan, accommodation in Japan and others. Please visit the JNTO Sydney office website at www.jnto.org.au and tell your family and friends to check it out too!
Attached here is a media release for your reference (PDF): link
Employment opportunity (15/11/09)
The Embassy of Japan in Canberra is seeking an Australian citizen or permanent resident for a full-time position in the Consular Section.
More information available here
East meets West Concert (14/11/09)
A string quartet with Australian Chamber Orchestra performers Aiko Goto, Helena Rathbone,Christopher Moore and Timo-Veikko Valve, will play at the Embassy of Japan on 14 November 2009 (Saturday) at 2PM. The program will include Rachel Gaudry’s prize winning composition “Canberra”, which won the Canberra University’s national composition competition in October 2008.
More information and ticket information (PDF): link
Japan Foreign Minister's Commendations 2009 (13/10/09)
The presentation ceremony for Commendations given to Australian citizens and organisations took place at the official residence of the Japanese Ambassador in Canberra. On behalf of the Foreign Minister of Japan, Ambassador Kojima conferred official awards on Mr Shunichi Ikeda and the Canberra Nara Sister City Committee to acknowledge their contributions to the promotion of mutual understanding and friendship between Japan and Australia.
More about the ceremony here
Address by H.E. Ambassasor Takaaki Kojima on the occasion of the launch of the report “Australia and Japan beyond the Mainstream” (02/10/09)
Full speech available here
Japan-Australia Prime Ministers' Meeting (23/09/09)
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Japan-Australia Foreign Ministers' Meeting (22/09/09)
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The Fourth Ministerial Meeting of the Trilateral Strategic Dialogue (21/09/09)
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Canberra Nara Candle Festival 26 Sept 2009
The Embassy of Japan, in cooperation with the ACT Government and the Canberra Nara Sister City Committee, is sponsoring the Canberra Nara Candle Festival on 26 Sept 2009.
For more information, please click here
Statement by Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama at the United Nations Summit on Climate Change (23/09/09)
Statement in English (PDF) | Statement in Japanese (PDF)
2009 Invitation Programme for Japanese-Learning Students at Australian Universities (08/09/09)
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Summary of the 9th Round of Negotiations on the Japan-Australia Economic Partnership Agreement (31/07/09)
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Summary of the 9th Round of Negotiations on the Japan-Australia Economic Partnership Agreement (31/07/09)
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Positions Vacant at Embassy of Japan (24/07/09)
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Ship for World Youth - SWY 22 (17/07/09)
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The Conference of the Japanese Studies Association of Australia (JSAA) and International Conference on Japanese Language Education(ICJLE) 2009 (14/07/09)
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Japan-Australia Summit Meeting Summary (10/07/09)
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G8 Summit 2009 in L'Aquila (07/07/09)
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Declaration of Safe Travel to Japan (26/06/09)
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Speech by Ambassador Kojima at Japan Forum by Asialink and PricewaterhouseCoopers (22/06/09)
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Press Releease - Invitation Programme for Future Business Counterparts from Australian 2009 (18/06/09)
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North Korean Nuclear Issue (27/05/09)
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Fifth Pacific Islands Leaders Meeting (22-23/05/09)
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Speech by Prime Minister Aso "Overcoming the Economic Crisis to Rekindle a Rapidly Developing Asia" (21/05/09)
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Statement by Mr Hirofumi Nakasone, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan - "11 Benchmarks for Global Nuclear Disarmament" (27/04/09)
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Pakistan Donors Conference/Friends of Pakistan Meeting (17/04/09)
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Speech by Mr Taro Aso, Prime Minister of Japan, "Japan's Future Development Strategy and Growth Initiative towards Doubling the Size of Asia's Economy" at Japan National Press Club on 9 April (16/04/09)
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North Korea's Missile Launch (06/04/09)
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Japanese Film Night at Arc Theatre of National Film and Sound Archive - Wednesday, 18th March 7.00 pm - "Hula Girls" (05/03/09)
Best Film, Best Director, Best supporting Actress and Best Screenplay awards winning film in 2007 of the Japanese Academy. (Comedy/Drama)
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Press Releease - Visit of Special Envoys of the Prime Minister of Japan to Australia (25/02/09)
On 24 February, Special Envoys of the Prime Minister of Japan, Mr. Masakazu TOYODA and Ambassador Yoshinori KATORI, who visited Canberra from 23 to 25 February, met with Stephen Smith, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Wayne Swan, Treasurer, and Simon Crean, Minister for Trade, and exchanged views on the appropriate policy to pursue in order to promote economic growth and development in Asia in light of the current global financial and economic crisis.
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In Japanese, please click here.
2009 Invitation Programme for FUTURE BUSINESS COUNTERPARTS from Australia
(25/02/09)
The Invitation Programme for Future Business Counterparts from Australia is an invitation programme, through which young professionals from Australia, who will assume greater responsibilities in the coming years and are interested in strengthening economic relations with Japan, would visit and experience Japan and its society, culture, as well as its people. The aim of this unique programme is to invite young professionals from Australia to increase their understanding of Japan through lectures on Japan's business trends, its major industries, the bilateral relationship, and through discussions with young Japanese professionals. Global environmental protection measures taken by Japanese corporations will be covered in a cross-sectoral manner as well. This Invitation Programme will be held from June 24 to July 4, 2009 in Japan.
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Press Release - Message of condolence from His Majesty the Emperor of Japan (13/02/09)
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Donations from Japanese soccer fans for the bushfires in Victoria (11/02/09)
On 11 February, 2009, the Japan Football Association (JFA) collected donations for the devastating bushfires in Victoria, at the Japan versus Australia FIFA World Cup final round qualifier, which was played in Yokohama, Japan. A silent tribute was observed before the match.
Donations are scheduled to be sent to the Football Federation Australia by the JFA.
Press Release - Bushfires in Victoria (10/02/09)
Messages of sympathy on the bushfires in Victoria, Australia, were delivered by Taro Aso, Prime Minister of Japan to Mr. Kevin Rudd, Prime Minister of Australia and... click here
Lecture by Japanese Architect - Mr Paul Noritaka Tange (04/02/2009)
Mr Paul Noritaka Tange, Architect and President of Tange Associates, and leading architect, speaks about significant 20th-centrury architect, his father, Mr Kenzo Tange's lasting impact on modern architecture. The lecture will discuss the works of Kenzo Tange and his influence on modern Japanese architecture.
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World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2009 (03/02/2009)
Special Address by H.E. Mr Taro Aso, Prime Minister of Japan on the occasion of the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum "My Prescriptions for Reviving the World Economy".
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Statement by Prime Minister Taro Aso on the inauguration of President Obama as President of the United States of America (21/01/2009)
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Press Release - Japanese Foreign Minister's Commendations (21/01/09)
On Thursday, 22 January 2009, a Foreign Minister’s Commendation Ceremony will take place at the official residence of Ambassador Kojima where, on behalf of the Foreign Minister of Japan, he will confer official awards on two distinguished Japanese nationals and one community organisation in Australia to acknowledge their contributions... (more information)
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Photo 3 - CJC Members with Ambassador Kojima and his wife -> click here
Positions Vacant at Embassy of Japan
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at 11:03 on November 18th, 2009
For over 25 years, the battle to save the whales, dolphins and porpoises has symbolised the dawning of a more environmentally conscious age with the determination to fight against those intent on destroying our natural world for short-term profit. EIA’s aim is to ensure the safety and survival of all the world’s remaining whales, dolphins and porpoises.
Pilot Whale hunt, Faroe Islands, 1986