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IUCN Appoints New Panel Member
The World Conservation Union (IUCN) is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr Brian Dicks to the Western Gray Whale Advisory Panel (WGWAP). …
19 Mar 2007 | News story
SEIC (Sakhalin Energy Investment Company) provides informal briefing to WGWAP Members
On 5-6 February 2007, four members of the Panel (Reeves, Tsidulko, Vedenev and Yablokov) met for two days in Vladivostok (Russia) with staff and scientific team members from SEIC. …
12 Mar 2007 | News story
Carcass of critically endangered whale found in fishing gear off Japan’s coast
A critically endangered Western Pacific Gray Whale (Western Gray Whale) has recently died off the Pacific coast of Japan after becoming trapped in fishing gear. …
01 Feb 2007 | International news release
New Western Gray Whale Advisory Panel agrees on way forward
Solutions to issues surrounding oil and gas development in the summer feeding habitat of the critically endangered western gray whale population began to emerge at the first meeting of the Western Gray Whale Advisory Panel, convened by the World Conservation Union (IUCN) recently. …
20 Nov 2006 | News story
New scientific panel to keep the finger on the pulse of the endangered Western Gray Whale
The World Conservation Union (IUCN) convenes a new independent scientific advisory panel to monitor the impact of the Sakhalin II offshore oil and gas development on critically endangered Western Gray Whale population
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- Questions and Answers (English)
- Questions and Answers (Russian)
- Picture Gallery
- More information on new advisory panel
- Final Report of the Previous Panel
02 Oct 2006 | News story
Minke Whale Carcass Washed Up On Sakhalin Coast
IUCN has received a report from Sakhalin Energy Investment Company (SEIC) of a Minke whale carcass found on the Sakhalin Coast in the area of Dagi Bay. The incident was reported to IUCN by SEIC management staff on Saturday 02 September, 2006, soon after the carcass was sighted by a regular flight along the coast that looks out for marine mammal carcases.
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04 Sep 2006 | News story
