Climate Giants – How whales help to fight climate change
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by OceanCare
1y ago
New research published A new scientific paper shines a powerful new light on the important role of whales in storing away carbon, how whaling has affected this and how climate change will affect it in the future. The five species of baleen whales found in the southern hemisphere in the pre-whaling period removed thousands of tonnes of carbon each year. By 1972, this capacity had been reduced to only 15% of the original removal rate because of all the whales that had been killed. With some whale populations recovering, they are again removing and locking away an increasing quantity of carbon ..read more
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Confi, the solitary-sociable bottlenose dolphin
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by OceanCare
1y ago
BACKGROUND Confi (also known as Manoliño) is a young male bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) who has been living along the coast of Galicia in Spain since at least December 2019. He is what is known as a ‘solitary-sociable dolphin’ as he tends to live a solitary life away from other dolphins, and he exhibits some sociable behaviours in his interactions with humans. As is often the case when a dolphin starts to show a regular interest in people, Confi’s interactions with people have changed over time and in summer 2021, he started to exhibit more dominant behaviours with the swimmers and ..read more
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OceanCare: COP27 host Egypt intensively searching for oil and gas in the ocean
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by OceanCare
1y ago
Despite Mediterranean Region already exceeded the 1.5 ° C limit for average temperature compared to pre-industrial levels Press release OceanCare Zurich/Vienna/Madrid/Paris/Berlin, 1st November 2022 The only way to reach the 1.5°C target is to massively reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The IPCC made this very clear once again in its 2021 report. The Mediterranean region, a hotspot of climate change, however, already surpassed the 1.5°C limit for average temperature increase compared to pre-industrial levels. Despite this, many countries inside and outside the EU are granting new licences for ..read more
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OceanCare poll on plastics
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by OceanCare
1y ago
Three quarters of the Swiss are convinced: Switzerland has a plastic problem, and the majority want binding laws now OceanCare press release Plastic–Poll Wädenswil/Berne, October 31st, 2022  Switzerland has a plastics problem. That is the opinion of almost three quarters of the population. 25% even see it as a massive problem. OceanCare’s decades of educational work and awareness raising efforts are having an effect: people are very concerned about plastics in the oceans – and this worries them even more than plastics in their drinking water. But above all: the desire for immediate legal ..read more
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Outrage at the meeting of the International Whaling Commission
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by OceanCare
1y ago
At the start of the session on the penultimate day of the sixty-eighth meeting of the International Whaling Commission (IWC68) in a huge hall in a big hotel on the coast of Slovenia I am settling into my seat. I am near to the very front of the plenary room but a message comes from a friend somewhere near the back. ‘There seem to be many countries missing’ she says. I swivel around and I can see none of the Caribbean or African countries in their seats. Iceland is swiftly exiting the room and some others are also missing, including the representative of Japan, which is no longer a member of ..read more
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Major shipping company shifts lanes to help save Sri Lankan blue whales
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by OceanCare
1y ago
The world’s largest shipping and logistics conglomerate, MSC Group, is adjusting its ship routeing south of Sri Lanka to reduce collision risk with endangered blue whales after environmental NGOs OceanCare and IFAW (International Fund for Animal Welfare) approached MSC Group to help protect these whales. The decision means that transiting MSC container ships will now avoid an area where the majority of the northern Indian Ocean blue whales population are known to congregate. The waters off the southern tip of Sri Lanka present a challenge to mariners because of the high risk of collisions wit ..read more
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OceanCare welcomes IFAW REPORT: New economic analysis of the impacts of vessel speed reduction in European waters: benefits clearly outweigh costs
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by OceanCare
1y ago
Today, at an event within the European Parliament, the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) has published a report showcasing the conclusions of an economic analysis conducted by the independent research firm CE Delft, on the impacts of a speed reduction limit to 75% of design speed for all vessels navigating in European waters. This proposal, called “Blue Speeds”, represents a simple and effective way to reduce underwater noise from vessels, which affects a wide range of marine animals, but also the risk of ships colliding with marine mammals, the amount of air pollution and greenho ..read more
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OceanCare Statement on debate about and in Antigua and Barbuda
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by OceanCare
1y ago
The government of Antigua and Barbuda reacted to media reports in the Caribbean about criticism by marine conservation NGOs, including from OceanCare. The public statement by the Prime Minister stands in opposition to the initiatives by the delegation of the island state at the IWC. OceanCare issues a statement in this respect. OceanCare would like to respond to numerous media reports and in particular to the statements made by the Cabinet of the government of Antigua and Barbuda. We note the original statement is not yet publicly available and therefore refer to the quotes in the media artic ..read more
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Despite a dramatic showdown the IWC keeps the moratorium in place and takes a timid step forward towards a more conservation agenda
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by OceanCare
1y ago
Portoroz, Slovenia, 21st October 2022 – The IWC saw a tense showdown between conservation-oriented countries and pro-whaling nations, at the plenary session, when a vote on a whale sanctuary in the south Atlantic was prevented by 17 pro-whaling nations walking out of the plenary session. South American countries and several other members expressed their dismay at this diplomatic affront. “OceanCare fully regrets that pro whaling nations blocked the meeting by not returning to the conference room, thus preventing a vote on the sanctuary to happen. It is fair to call this a diplomatic scandal ..read more
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Despite leaving, Japan still pulls the strings within Whaling Commission: IWC to start in Slovenia.
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by OceanCare
1y ago
Portorož, Slovenia, 17th October 2022. – At its last meeting in 2018, the IWC adopted the “Florianópolis Declaration” setting the course for maintaining the ban on commercial whaling and a more conservation orientated focus fit for the 21st century. It acknowledged that whales today face an array of threats that go way beyond hunting practices – such as plastic pollution, by-catch in fishing gear, ship strikes, ocean noise and overlaying it all: climate change. As a direct result of this landmark decision Japan, who tried for many years to lift the 1986-moratorium on commercial whaling, left ..read more
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