4 de octubre de 2024

Environmental Organizations Demand Freedom for Paul Watson at the Japanese Embassy in Chile

On October 2, the Greenlandic court was expected to decide on Japan’s extradition request, but instead chose to extend Watson’s detention for another three weeks. Watson’s...
23 de septiembre de 2024

The International Whaling Commission: whaling and the status quo(rum)

As has been customary since 1998, the creation of a whale sanctuary in the South Atlantic was put forth. This initiative, recognised as a beacon for...
19 de septiembre de 2024

Citizen Victory: Chile Takes Action to Safeguard Whales with Voting Rights at the International Whaling Commission

According to sources within the Chilean government, the payment to the IWC has been successfully processed, thereby granting Chile voting rights at the upcoming global forum...
3 de septiembre de 2024

Urgent! Chilean socio-environmental organizations urge the Foreign Ministry and Subpesca to settle their debt and be able to vote in International Whaling Commission

Coalitions of citizen organizations, coastal communities, and socio-environmental movements are declaring a ‘state of environmental alert’ hoping that during this week the Chilean government will make...
15 de julio de 2024

The implications for fisheries and aquaculture of global biodiversity frameworks and agreements

ICSF commits to supporting the FAO, COFI Member States, the International Planning Committee for Food Sovereignty, and fishers’ movements globally in promoting the equitable integration of...
2 de julio de 2024

Chile’s new fishery law: Course Correction Overdue

Course Correction Overdue Chile’s new fishery law governs the rights of access to, and use of, resources by small-scale fishing communities Recognize that fisheries and coastal...
26 de junio de 2024

Investigation reveals destructive fishing and aquaculture industry operations against marine mammals and the complicity of state institutions

The study was conducted in the context of the upcoming application of the Marine Mammal Protection Act that the United States will apply to Chile starting...
10 de junio de 2024

World Oceans Day: Blue whale population declines 36% in southern Chile

The Scientific Committee of the International Whaling Commission, the most important global cetacean research body, expressed its “concern about the possible decline of up to 36% in...
29 de abril de 2024

Socio-environmental Resistance for the defense of Nature, Oceans and Human Rights

If President Boric implements the recommendations made by the United Nations Rapporteur on Human Rights and the Environment before the end of his term, it would...