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Innovative hightech-project to save endangered whales from ship-strikes already started

by OceanCare | 17/07/2019 | Media Release

Athens/Zurich, 17th July 2019: Today, the multinational interdisciplinary “SAvE Whales” project, which combines expertise from the fields of marine biology, underwater acoustics, applied mathematics, computer networking, informatics and real-time marine traffic data,...

Japan begins commercial hunting of over 200 great whales

by OceanCare | 02/07/2019 | Media Release

Wädenswil, Switzerland, 1st July 2019: Five whaling ships set sail today and the first minke whale has already been harpooned. It is the beginning of the first commercial whaling activities in 33 years since the global moratorium on whaling came into force. The...

Japan to harpoon both whales and ban on commercial whaling

by OceanCare | 27/06/2019 | Media Release

Wädenswil, 27 June 2019: As of 1 July, the Japanese government gives the green light for the resumption of commercial whaling, thereby breaking several taboos. The island state, who withdraws from the International Whaling Commission (IWC) effective by end of June...

The women and the sea

by OceanCare | 07/06/2019 | Media Release

World Oceans Day 2019: United Nations celebrate the oceans through the gender lens, paying tribute to outstanding people who work to protect the sea. Women like Sigrid Lüber from Switzerland who founded OceanCare 30 years ago. Wädenswil, 6 June 2019. Coinciding with...

Mediterranean deep-sea region threatened by oil exploration

by OceanCare | 13/05/2019 | Media Release

Wädenswil, 13 May 2019. In a joint statement to Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, dozens of scientists, environmental and species conservation organisations express their concern about planned oil developments off Greece. The reason: the allocation of drilling...

Multilateralism at Work: United Nations’ deliberations on a Global Pact for the Environment

by OceanCare | 21/03/2019 | Media Release

Nairobi, Kenya, March 21st 2019. Over the course of the past three days, delegates and stakeholders have come together at the United Nations in Nairobi to address the fragmentation, lack of coherence, and general inadequacy of international environmental law. In part,...

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