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: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. [http://www.iwmc.org/iwmcinfo/goals.htm]
 
: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. [http://www.iwmc.org/iwmcinfo/goals.htm]
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==Criticisms of the IWMC==
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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".
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"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.
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"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.
  
 
==Directors== [http://www.iwmc.org/iwmcinfo/board.htm]  
 
==Directors== [http://www.iwmc.org/iwmcinfo/board.htm]  

Revision as of 14:23, 1 March 2006

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.

==Directors== [2]

Contact details

Email: iwmc AT iwmc.org Website: www.iwmc.org