IWMC World Conservation Trust
IWMC World Conservation Trust is an anti-environmental front group previsouly known as the International Wildlife Management Consortium.
The Trust receives funding from The World Conservation Trust Foundation with which the latter claims 'It has a special relationship... WCTF provides funding for IWMC (formely known as International Wildlife Management Consortium) projects around the world.'
Some of IWMC World Conservation Trust's stated goals are to:
- Develop information mechanisms to properly educate the general public and the media about all aspects of the conservation of wildlife species and about the various way to achieve conservation objectives, including the rational utilization of wildlife.
- Encourage the participation of the economic sector of developed countries into the conservation efforts of the developing countries.
- Invite the international decision making bodies such as the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) and the International Whaling Commission (IWC) to use a rational rather than emotional approach to achieve long-term solutions to conservation of wildlife species. [1]
Criticisms of the IWMC
And the IWMC - World Conservation Trust, a group that promotes "the sustainable use of wild resources" was scathing of Greenpeace's latest action in Ulsan, calling it "tiresome".
"Greenpeace of course claims that [South Korean accidental catches] are purposeful and that they are a dishonest fact of life in South Korea," the IWMC said in its latest newsletter this weekend.
"Another perspective is that there are so many minke whales off Korea's coasts that they are commonly entangled, as they are in the waters off Japan, and that it would be wasteful to refrain from using them. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/low/sci/tech/4582495.stm
==Directors== [2]
- Dame Eugenia Charles - Dominica - IWMC Honorary Chairperson, Former Prime Minister
- Mr. Eugène Lapointe - Switzerland - IWMC President, Former Secretary-General of CITES
- Mr. Jaques Berney - Switzerland - Executive Vice-President 3, Passage Montriond 1006 Lausanne, CH
- Dr. Yoshio Kaneko - Japan - 2nd Vice President
- Dr. Francisco Herrera Teran - Mexico - 3rd Vice President
- Mr. Johnnie W. Tarver - USA - Counsellor for National Affairs
- Dr. Cecil Machena - Zimbabwe - Vice-President for Africa
- Mr. Ichiro Kanemaki - Japan - Vice-President for Asia
- Dr. Qing Jian hua - China - Vice-President for China
- Mr. Steinar Bastesen, M.P. - Norway - Vice-President for Europe
- Mr. Anthony T. Brough - Kenya - Counsellor for International Affairs, Kenya, Africa
- Shigeko Misaki - Japan - Honorary Board Member
Eugene explains what is behind all the major conflicts like whaling, sealing, and the turtle and ivory trade. He also addresses 'the demonization of hunting.' This includes an explanation of how international animal rights organizations succeeded in closing Grizzly bear hunting in British Columbia. He explains that the protectionists 'possess the resources and strategic skills to overcome elected governments... and (to) impose their new age philosophies on unsuspecting people.' Their victory in British Columbia (though it was short lived), 'resulted from careful strategic planning by wealthy, multi-national animal rights businesses, skilled and experienced in the global art of war.' 'It is simply staggering to consider the depth of resources available to animal rights organizations... The key lesson in the case of the British Columbia Grizzly is understanding human behavior and the ancient principles of warfare that underlie the tactics of animal rights organizations. Sustainable users must counter these with new strategic alliances of capable forces, to forewarn and defend the interests of wildlife users, rural and indigenous people throughout the world.' [3]
Contact details
Email: iwmc AT iwmc.org Website: www.iwmc.org
