IS the International Whaling Commission a spent force? It rather looks like it. After almost two decades of policing an increasingly fragile moratorium on whaling, it has redefined itself as an organisation dedicated to conserving whales rather than to regulating the whaling industry. As a result, whaling nations and coastal whaling communities are apparently determined to pull out and form their own organisation (see “Defining moment for saving whales”).
This week we also report on how conservationists are facing up to the conflicting imperatives of protecting both wildlife and the people who depend on wildlife for their livelihoods (see…
