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Greenpeace on the Results of the IWC Conference in Hobart

Greenpeace e.V. · Greenpeace Deutschland – Presseportal · 2026-10-02 · Hamburg · Source

The IWC Conference in Hobart has shown that political power interests block the protection of whales and dolphins from targeted hunting and that the oceans are under enormous pressure.

This IWC has unfortunately shown that our oceans continue to be under enormous pressure from political power interests.

The text assesses the results of the IWC Conference in Hobart from Greenpeace's perspective. It criticises the fact that Switzerland prematurely withdrew its own resolution on the protection of dolphins and small whales from targeted hunting. The EU is criticised for not having provided further backing for this proposal. The measures proposed by the EU on bycatch, ship collisions, and strandings could be adopted because they were less controversial and did not specifically address whaling. The whaling moratorium was indeed defended with a large majority, but the meeting did not bring the hoped-for progress. The text claims that the IWC has shown that the oceans continue to be under enormous pressure from political power interests. The core message is a political warning that international bodies are blocked by power interests and that more protection for whales and dolphins is needed.

What, according to this text, is the root of the evil?

Exploitation, oppression, unequal conditions; Ignorance, illusion, a false view of reality (inferred)

Where does the evil reside?

in the economy, politics, or social structures

What helps against it?

just social or political conditions; practical action towards the neighbour, good works (inferred)

What is human being according to this text?

self-determined, the author of one's own actions (inferred)

Where is history heading?

it is getting worse, an order is coming to an end

What does the text base its claim on?

on argument, logic, science; on personal experience, testimony, encounter (inferred)

To whom does the text's call for devotion apply?

also to animals, plants, and all of creation

Where is the text's criticism directed?

at others, at society, at other groups

• politische Machtinteressen benennen (social)
• Schutz von Walen und Delfinen durchsetzen (social)

Basic stance

-1 from -2 to 2

Insistence

2 of 3

Reach

4 of 5

Concreteness

2 of 3

Boundary

2 of 3, named: Walfang-Lobby, Schweiz, EU

Time

past 0, present 3, future 1

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