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Whales and Nations - Environmental Diplomacy on the High Seas (Paperback)
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Whales and Nations - Environmental Diplomacy on the High Seas (Paperback)
Series: Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books
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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, Kurkpatrick Dorsey tells the story
of the international negotiation, scientific research, and
industrial development behind these efforts —and their ultimate
failure. Whales and Nations begins in the early twentieth century,
when new technology revived the fading whaling industry and made
whale hunting possible on an unprecedented scale. By the 1920s,
declining whale populations prompted efforts to develop
“rational”—what today would be called sustainable—whaling
practices. But even though almost everyone involved with commercial
whaling knew that the industry was on an unsustainable path, Dorsey
argues, powerful economic, political, and scientific forces made
failure nearly inevitable. Based on a deep engagement with
diplomatic history, Whales and Nations provides a unique
perspective on the challenges facing international conservation
projects. This history has profound implications for today’s
pressing questions of global environmental cooperation and
sustainability. Watch the trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QsLlM5KTx0
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