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International Whaling Commission and India
The International Whaling Commission (IWC) is the treaty body, created by the 1946 whaling convention, that regulates whaling and conserves whales for 89 member governments, India among them since 1981. Its 70th meeting opened in Hobart, Australia, on 28 September 2026, where India called for cetacean conservation built on science, cooperation and practical local measures.
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Introduces the International Whaling Commission: its 1946 convention, binding Schedule, commercial-whaling moratorium and India's membership since 1981, with India's IWC-70 call in Hobart for science-led cetacean conservation (ruling R-183).
- IWC
- International Whaling Commission
- whaling moratorium
- ICRW 1946
- IWC-70 Hobart
- cetaceans
- Project Dolphin
- Arabian Sea humpback whale
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