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Trust Calls For Research
Adelaide, Australia - 5
July 2000: IWMC-World Conservation Trust President, Eugene Lapointe,
today called on the
“A successful partnership between scientific research and conservation strengthens the indissoluble relationship that exists between man and other living creatures and the necessity for taking into consideration human factors when searching for long term solutions to sustainable use issues,” he said. “Discussion on the merits of scientific research should not dominate here this week,” he said “Single issue approaches do much more harm than good. Multi-species management with a scientific component is the only approach that offers the promise of “saving the oceans,”” he said. “The Trust is adamant that scientific research that has resulted in undisputed decisions that stocks of some whale species can easily withstand resumption of relevant harvest, must be listened to but not be the debate itself,” he said “The Trust embraces a research element as a central tenet of its promotion of management, with all its various techniques as an active concept for the conservation of wildlife, he said. “Scientific research and analysis is the most important mechanism in promoting greater understanding and knowledge of all aspects of the conservation of not only whale, but all, wildlife species,” he said “It gives the world critical
direction signs on the various ways to achieve conservation objectives
such as the rational use of wildlife and the promotion of the sustainable
use of wild resources as advocated by the World Conservation Trust,” Mr.
Lapointe said.˛
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