Whales & nations : environmental diplomacy on the high seas /

Whales & nations : environmental diplomacy on the high seas /

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"Before commercial whaling was outlawed in the 1980s, diplomats, scientists, bureaucrats, environmentalists, and sometimes even whalers themselves had attempted to create an international regulatory framework that would allow for a sustainable whaling industry. In Whales and Nations, Kurkpatric...

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Main Author: Dorsey, Kurkpatrick
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Seattle : University of Washington Press, [2013]
Series:Weyerhaeuser environmental book.
Subjects:
Whaling > Political aspects > History > 20th century.
Whaling > Environmental aspects > History > 20th century.
Whales > Conservation > History > 20th century.
Sustainable fisheries > History > 20th century.
Whaling > Law and legislation > History > 20th century.
Environmental law, International > History > 20th century.
Diplomacy > History > 20th century.
International cooperation > History > 20th century.
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Table of Contents:
  • Foreword / by William Cronon
  • A Global Industry and Global Challenges
  • The Pelagic and the Political
  • World War and the World's Whales
  • Cheaters Sometimes Prosper
  • Melting Down and Muddling Through
  • Save the Whales (for Later)
  • The End of Commercial Whaling
  • Epilogue
  • Appendix: Whaling Data, 1904-1965.

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