natalie barefoot

Attorney, International Oceans @earthjustice; ED @cetaceanlaw 🐳🐋🐬; cetacean, shark, ocean & social justice advocate; @homewardbound16; opinions all mine!

[Cetacean Law @cetaceanlaw]

Incremental & Excremental: How Whales and Their Poop Fight Climate Change 🐳💩 by Cet Law's @barefootnn https://t.co/fvQ0I9Ief3

[Cetacean Law @cetaceanlaw]

For over 20 years, Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay, with the support of the Buenos Aires Group, have pushed for this conservation milestone to become a reality. Cet Law will witness this same afternoon if (when🤞) it does!

[Cetacean Law @cetaceanlaw]

The SAWS would protect from commercial whaling stocks that are depleted, with unknown trends and high mortality rates. Pro-whaling nations broke quorum in 2022 by not attending the voting session despite being present at the venue

[Cetacean Law @cetaceanlaw]

Despite strong scientific evidence supporting the SAWS proposal and the opportunity for range states to cooperate in coordinated non-lethal and non-extractive uses of whales, pro-whaling nations have sabotaged the initiative, repeatedly submitted to IWC since 2001...

[Cetacean Law @cetaceanlaw]

The day has arrived at IWC69, where the South Atlantic Whale Sanctuary will be put to vote. The SAWS aims for long-term conservation and non-lethal use of whales, covering the migratory territories of several cetacean species. However, it requires a 3/4 majority to pass...🧵🧵🐋

[Cetacean Law @cetaceanlaw]

Decision-making has started at #IWC69! Hopefully a historic moment for whale conservation and not a way forward for the pro-whaling agendas.

[Cetacean Law @cetaceanlaw]

Decision-making began #IWC69. Cet Law has worked with LatAm, US, and UK NGOs to defend the commercial whaling moratorium
We support the 20-year-long process to establish the South Atlantic Whale Sanctuary. Some words from our Co-Director @OceanLawVD shared yesterday about SAWS

[Cetacean Law @cetaceanlaw]

@iwc_int @mastscot @marinemammalogy If you are attending any of these also and would like to connect, please get in touch, we would love to meet up with you! Just in time for our travels, our new business cards have arrived! We are really looking forward to engaging discussions and meaningful collaborations

[Cetacean Law @cetaceanlaw]

Exciting Months Ahead for Cet Law! We are excited to announce our participation in several major events:
🐋 @iwc_int 69th Biennial Meeting, Lima, Peru
🐋 @mastscot Annual Science Meeting, Glasgow, Scotland
🐋 @marinemammalogy 25th Biennial Conference, Perth, Australia

[Cetacean Law @cetaceanlaw]

Nos hemos unido al llamado promovido por @CCC_Chile para que Chile salde sin demora su deuda con la Comisión Ballenera Internacional y así mantenga su derecho a voto en la reunión que empieza 22 sep! 🐳⚖️ https://t.co/7so5wMe5qh

[Cetacean Law @cetaceanlaw]

While preparing for our travels to #IWC69 🇵🇪, it is a good moment to remember through this amazing infographic (source: IWC) that, on top of aesthetic, spiritual and cultural values, whales provide essential ecosystem functions and we need every whale! 🐳🌊🩵:

[Cetacean Law @cetaceanlaw]

The 69th Meeting of the IWC has just started, and is being streamed live!: https://t.co/Xi0fZAfl4q

Cet Law is here, in Lima, Peru, supporting the work of conservation organisations working to defend the moratorium on commercial whaling 💪🐳🇵🇪

[Cetacean Law @cetaceanlaw]

The IWC's work, including through its Scientific Committee, covers supporting contracting governments in population assessments, bycatch, ship strikes, sanctuaries and whale watching. This work is unpaired between international fora.

[Cetacean Law @cetaceanlaw]

The IWC's work is essential for addressing contemporary threats to whales and progressing scientific knowledge. More about the Commission's continued relevance in this piece we jointly wrote with a group of conservation NGOs #IWC69: https://t.co/I01v23IYCy

[Cetacean Law @cetaceanlaw]

Happy #WorldWhaleandDolphinDay from Cet Law! Today, we celebrate the global ban on commercial whaling agreed by contracting governments to the International Whaling Commission (IWC) on July 23, 1982. Stay tuned to learn more about our work on #InternationalLaw and #whales!🐋🐬💙

[Cetacean Law @cetaceanlaw]

Marine mammals are not adequately protected under UK law. The Marine Mammal Expert Group at @WCL_News – and Cet Law as a member advising on the UK marine mammal legislative framework - is tackling this issue.

[Natural Justice @naturaljustice]

🧑‍⚖️Tomorrow 3 June, the Supreme Court of Appeal will share judgment after #Shell, Impact Africa & the DMRE sought to overturn the Makhanda High Court ruling which saw communities victorious in protecting their land, ocean & rights ⚖️ #SaveTheWildCoast
#MayJusticePrevail ✊

[natalie barefoot @barefootnn]

An Infinite Journey (English) https://t.co/lSK5ILsLXe via @YouTube Female leadership is powerful through its intelligence, compassion, collaboration, and forward progression. And just what this world needs right now.

[natalie barefoot @barefootnn]

13,000 Sea Turtles Deaths a Year Is Too Many. Especially since all of the species are listed under the Endangered Species Act. https://t.co/3MIJu45k9J

[Earthjustice @Earthjustice]

In South Africa, we're standing with @naturaljustice and Indigenous communities in challenging gov't authorization of destructive offshore exploration by oil and gas companies in Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal provinces.