New Zealand is part of an embarrassing 8% of the IUCN Resolutions that have still not been implemented. As you can see in the Director General's report (link below), presented a few days ago at the World Conservation Congress. The vast majority of the IUCN's Recommendations have been acted on by the relevant governments. But New Zealand has steadfastly ignored the IUCN's Recommendation to fully protect its endangered dolphins.
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Still no progress on the Hector's and Maui dolphin Resolution. In 2012, the IUCN urged New Zealand to "urgently extend dolphin protection" by "banning gill net and trawl net use from the shoreline to the 100 meter depth contour in all areas where Hector’s and Maui’s dolphins are found, including harbours".
WCC 2012 Rec 142 | IUCN Library System
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Working with Cath Wallace and Barry Weeber from ECO made it possible to cover most topics and most sessions of the IUCN conference. It would have been impossible for one person to cover all of those discussions.![]()
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ECO are the bomb! Very effective input from Barry and Cath into many of the critical Resolutions at the conference.
ECO - Environment and Conservation Organisation of Aotearoa New Zealand - Home
www.eco.org.nz
Since 1976 ECO has been the umbrella group for environment and conservation organisations in New Zealand. This website has information about ECO and its 60+ member groups as well as news of the enviro...
The IUCN World Conservation Congress finished early this morning. I participated online, for obvious reasons. Quite a marathon because the meetings went from 7 pm to 7 am, New Zealand time, most days for about a week. A 20-hour shift yesterday from 4 am to midnight. Many excellent talks and IUCN Resolutions, including protecting half the planet, creating an international Climate Commission and making progress towards a quiet ocean with less human-made noise.
www.iucncongress2020.org
The Programme includes all official sessions within the Forum, Members’ Assembly and Exhibition components of the IUCN World Conservation Congress. The Official Programme of sessions is available, a...
Several news items in the last few days about the devastating decline of Maui dolphins, including this podcast.
Māui and Hector's Dolphins w/ Liz Slooten and Michael Lawry: August 30, 2021
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According to the latest estimate, there are only 54 māui dolphins remaining. Only found on the North Island's west coast, māui dolphins are threatened by fishing pressures, like trawling and gill ne...