Future of Cetaceans in a Changing World

Prominent authorities in the fields of cetacean law, policy, and science assess the challenges the cetacean species faces in this century, and the role of legal, political, and scientific institutions to meet these challenges. The Future of Cetaceans also contains chapters that address the abiding ethical questions dividing those who seek to continue to exploit cetaceans as resources and those who maintain that direct exploitation should be permanently banned on the grounds of sentience or intelligence. Among the specific topics addressed are: A history of the IWC; The IWC and the regulation of the exploitation of small cetaceans; The likely impacts of environmental change on cetaceans and the prospects for the IWC and other international institutions to address these threats; The role of regional cetacean accords, including interface with the IWC; The interface of the ICRW and CITES; and much more. The book also provides an updated group of resources for researchers, including the texts of regional whaling accords and soft law agreements, a list of cetacean resources on the Internet, and an extensive set of research bibliographies on specific topics, including the impacts of pollution on cetaceans, the role of DNA testing in cetacean research and management, and the role of regional cetacean agreements.Burns, William C. G. is the author of 'Future of Cetaceans in a Changing World' with ISBN 9781571052629 and ISBN 1571052623.