66th Meeting of the International Whaling Commission

The 66th meeting of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) kicked-off in Portorož today, hosted by the Republic of Slovenia.

In addition to some 400 delegates from the IWC member states from around the world, many non-governmental organisations from the field of whale conservation are also participating. Morigenos, as a Slovenian non-governmental organization studying whales and dolphins along the Slovenian coast and in the northern Adriatic, is participating in various accompanying events such as the meeting of the IWC Conservation Committee, while the president of Morigenos Tilen Genov is also a member of the IWC Scientific Committee. As part of the meeting, Morigenos organised a photographic exhibition on dolphins in the Gulf of Trieste. This year the delegates received a special gift from Slovenia, a collection of special post stamps “Dolphins and whales of the northern Adriatic”, prepared by Morigenos.

This year's conference will be held in the light of the 30th anniversary of the ban on commercial whaling. The moratorium, which was adopted in 1986, is a great success story and has saved the lives of hundreds of thousands of whales worldwide. It is therefore vital that the moratorium is maintained and that it is also fully respected. Other threats to whales and dolphins, such as ship strikes, by-catch, underwater noise, chemical pollution and marine litter, will also be at the forefront of the discussions. 

66. zasedanje Mednarodne komisije za kitolov

Danes se je Portorožu pričelo 66. zasedanje Mednarodne komisije za kitolov (International Whaling Commission – IWC), ki ga gosti Republika Slovenija. 

Poleg okoli 400 delegatov držav članic IWC z vsega sveta se dogodka udeležujejo tudi številne nevladne organizacije, ki si prizadevajo za izboljšano varstvo kitov. Društvo Morigenos, kot lokalna nevladna organizacija, ki se ukvarja s preučevanjem kitov in delfinov ob slovenski obali in v Tržaškem zalivu, sodeluje pri mnogih spremljevalnih dejavnostih in sestankih kot je npr. srečanje Varstvenega odbora IWC, Tilen Genov, predsednik društva Morigenos, pa je tudi član Znanstvenega odbora IWC. Društvo Morigenos je v okviru dogodka pripravilo razstavo fotografij delfinov ob slovenski obali, udeleženci zasedanja pa so kot darilo prejeli tudi kolekcijo znamk »Delfini in kiti severnega Jadrana«, ki jo je pripravilo društvo Morigenos.

Letošnja konferenca bo potekala v luči 30. obletnice prepovedi komercialnega kitolova. Moratorij, ki je bil sprejet leta 1986, je velika zgodba o uspehu in je rešil življenja več sto tisoč kitov po vsem svetu. Zato je ključno, da se moratorij ohrani in da se ga tudi v celoti spoštuje. V ospredju razprav bodo tudi druge grožnje kitom, kot so trčenja z ladjami, prilov, podvodni hrup, kemično onesnaženje in morski odpadki.

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With your donation you will contribute to the conservation of dolphins and their environment in the waters of northern Adriatic.

Thank you for your support.

Podprite Slovenski projekt za delfine

Z vašo donacijo boste pripomogli k ohranjanju delfinov in njihovega življenjskega okolja v vodah severnega Jadrana. 

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Morigenos in Firbcologi

Ekipo Morigenos so pred časom obiskali nadebudni firbcologi. Spoznali so zanimivosti o delfinih v slovenskem morju in se naučili marsikaj o raziskovanju teh živali pri nas. Kaj vse so se naučili in počeli, si lahko ogledate v oddaji Firbcologi z naslovom O postavljanju pravil, delfinih in mavričnih rožah, ki bo na sporedu to soboto, 8. oktobra 2016, ob 8:45 na TV Slovenija 1.

Oddajo si lahko kasneje ogledate tudi v arhivu na njihovi spletni strani.

Foto: TV Slovenija - Firbcologi

Morigenos in Slovenian Magazine show

During our summer research camps we were visited by the Slovenian Magazine show crew from TV Slovenia. We spent an interesting day together, which you can see on Friday, 7 October 2016, at 17:30 on TV Slovenia 1. 

Slovenian Magazine is a mosaic show in English and German. It presents current events in Slovenia, its cultural and historical heritage, attractive features of the landscape, and economic and tourist potential. Slovenian Magazine is mainly intended for foreign countries, as well as for Slovenians living around the world.

After being broadcasted on television the show is available for viewing here. 

European viewers can watch the show over a satellite that carries the TV Slovenia signal. The English version is on Channel 25 WNYE in New York every other Sunday at 2.00 p.m. The show is regularly broadcast by the educational programme SCOLA in the USA and the European satellite EbS. Slovenian Magazine is also part of the multicultural programme in Sydney, Melbourne and Buenos Aires. The show is also broadcast in Italian by Koper Capodistria, while individual topics appear on Euronews as well. The German version is on 3 SAT every other Monday.

Morigenos v oddaji Slovenski magazin

Med našimi letošnjimi poletnimi raziskovalnimi tabori nas je obiskala ekipa oddaje Slovenski magazin Televizije Slovenija. Skupaj smo preživeli zanimiv dan, kar si lahko ogledate v petek, 7. oktobra 2016, ob 17.30 na TV Slovenija 1.

Slovenski magazin je mozaična oddaja v angleškem in nemškem jeziku, ki predstavlja aktualne dogodke v Sloveniji, kulturno in naravno dediščino ter gospodarski in turistični potencial v državi. Namenjena je predvsem tujim gledalcem in Slovencem po svetu. 

Po predvajanju na televiziji je ogled oddaje možen tukaj.