cdiver2
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From BSAC DIVE Mag
Japan is continuing its policy of vote buying at the International Whaling Commission. The deal is simple - a small country gets offered a huge aid package and in return it just has to join the IWC and vote with Japan to restart commercial whaling ( even if it has no whaling connection or for that matter like Mongolia, no coastline ).
The latest country to succumb to Japan's bribes is Belize. For yers the country has led the way with eco-tourism initiatives and good coral reef conservation measures but, at last months IWC meeting on Berlin, it dutifully voted along with Japan on every issue. Since then, many divers are expressing their reluctance to go diving in a country which shows such double standards towards the oceans.
If you share the concerns of coservation groups, tell the Prime Minister of Belize, said Musa, by email:
primeminister@belize.gov.bz and the tourism minister at tourismdpt@btl.net
Yet again the IWC asked Japan to stop its sham scientific whaling and Iceland not to start it in the first place - but dont hold your breath on that one.
I have done my bit and sent a E, Y not pound the keys and send one to
cdiver2
Japan is continuing its policy of vote buying at the International Whaling Commission. The deal is simple - a small country gets offered a huge aid package and in return it just has to join the IWC and vote with Japan to restart commercial whaling ( even if it has no whaling connection or for that matter like Mongolia, no coastline ).
The latest country to succumb to Japan's bribes is Belize. For yers the country has led the way with eco-tourism initiatives and good coral reef conservation measures but, at last months IWC meeting on Berlin, it dutifully voted along with Japan on every issue. Since then, many divers are expressing their reluctance to go diving in a country which shows such double standards towards the oceans.
If you share the concerns of coservation groups, tell the Prime Minister of Belize, said Musa, by email:
primeminister@belize.gov.bz and the tourism minister at tourismdpt@btl.net
Yet again the IWC asked Japan to stop its sham scientific whaling and Iceland not to start it in the first place - but dont hold your breath on that one.
I have done my bit and sent a E, Y not pound the keys and send one to
cdiver2
