Integrated River Basin Governance: Learning from International Experience - by Bruce Hooper

The book aims to present in a systematic fashion a series of questions that have emerged at different stages within the IWC and which, in many cases, have differentiated the international debate on whaling from that on other issues of international environmental law. These topics have been organized in three sections. The first concentrates on ‘number and threats’, in order to provide a basic factual background to ensuing discussions. This first section, therefore, focuses on the conservation status of different whale species, the changing environmental threats to cetaceans and data on incidental capture. It also provides an overview of the early debate on whaling and introduces some key concepts, such as revised management schemes.