These are the views of the individuals concerned and may not represent the views of WDCS

ASCOBANS Meeting of Party starts

So ASCOBANS is off and under way. About 10 minutes ago the 6th meeting fo Parties to ASCOBANS was opened by the Deputy Mayor of Bonn, Ulrich Hauschild, who reminded us that in 1966 a beluga whale swam up the Rhine and so Bonn has many real connections with cetaceans.

I see a large number of delegations around us, some of whom have come to try and achieve real conservation, and others who may be under pressure from cautious finance and fisheries ministries that may not wish to see any real commitments. Its a common situation that Environment ministries are given the task of achieving government commitments, but they can only do their jobs if equipped and resourced to achieve what Europe's public require and expect of them

WDCS s here to ensure that we an help Parties, but also to hold them to their obligations. We are looking for action on the conservation strategies for the species of the Baltic and North East Atlantic. We need to see progress and action on the continuing tragedy of fisheries bycatch and the increasing threat of noise, the latter point reiterated by Herr Hauschild with respect to the proliferation of wind farms.

So lets see what can be achieved. We shall keep you informed.









This entry was posted by Chris Butler-Stroud on Wednesday, September 16. 2009 at 08:50. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own blog. All new comments are subject to moderation before being displayed.
Twitter Bookmark ASCOBANS Meeting of Party starts at del.icio.us Facebook Google Bookmarks FriendFeed Digg ASCOBANS Meeting of Party starts Technorati ASCOBANS Meeting of Party starts Bookmark ASCOBANS Meeting of Party starts at YahooMyWeb Bookmark ASCOBANS Meeting of Party starts at reddit.com Bookmark ASCOBANS Meeting of Party starts at NewsVine Bookmark ASCOBANS Meeting of Party starts at blogmarks Bookmark using any bookmark manager! Stumble It! Print this article! E-mail this story to a friend!

Comments

Display comments as (Linear | Threaded)

    No comments


Add Comment


Standard emoticons like :-) and ;-) are converted to images.
Enclosing asterisks marks text as bold (*word*), underscore are made via _word_.
E-Mail addresses will not be displayed and will only be used for E-Mail notifications.

To prevent automated Bots from commentspamming, please enter the string you see in the image below in the appropriate input box. Your comment will only be submitted if the strings match. Please ensure that your browser supports and accepts cookies, or your comment cannot be verified correctly.
CAPTCHA

Standard emoticons like :-) and ;-) are converted to images.
 
Submitted comments will be subject to moderation before being displayed.