Madeira, Portugal News

Madeira , Portugal: A new report released today by the International Fund for Animal Welfare documents massive growth in the global whale watching industry over the past decade.

JAPANESE whaling is set to resume in the Great Southern Ocean after Australia failed to get the numbers atthe International Whaling Commission meeting to stop the so-called "scientific" slaughter.

MADEIRA, Portugal The International Whaling Commission agreed Tuesday to postpone for one year its decision on whether to allow Japan to hunt whales in its coastal waters in return for scaling down or ending its research whaling in the Antarctic Ocean.

Serie A side Cagliari have signed Brazilian striker Nene from Nacional Funchal for around four million euros.

FUNCHAL, Portugal a ' Denmark on Tuesday officially requested permission to resume hunting humpback whales off Greenland, in a move that has angered environmentalists.

FUNCHAL, Madeira Islands - A long-standing stalemate between pro- and anti-whaling nations is threatening the credibility of the International Whaling Commission, the oversight body's president said Thursday.

A long-standing stalemate between pro- and anti-whaling nations is threatening the credibility of the International Whaling Commission, the oversight body's president said Thursday.

Madeira, Portugal: Small whales are disappearing from the world's oceans and waterways as they fall victim to fishing gear, pollution, and habitat loss -- compounded by a lack of conservation measures such as those developed for great whales, according to a new WWF report.

Whales are worth more alive than dead, an Australian minister said Tuesday, as campaigners publicised the billion-dollar whale-watching industry on the sidelines of the IWC conference.

The International Whaling Commission on Monday began discussing a possible compromise deal that would reduce the number of whales killed each year.

The island has a long association with whaling; in the 1700s, whaling ships called here for supplies and to hire skilled crew for whaling voyages.

With Japan's whale hunt in stormy southern seas wrapped for the season, the battle over efforts by a handful of countries to expand whale hunts has shifted to Iceland .

Venezuela's SBA Airlines plans to launch service next month to Panama and is preparing to open new routes later this year to Argentina, Brazil, Colombia and Peru.

One of the loveliest holidays I have ever had, was in Madeira. The island is an ideal holiday destination for all ages, but especially suitable for the middle aged or elderly people.

Australia will oppose a compromise deal that would allow Japan to resume coastal whaling in return for scaling back its annual whale hunt near Antarctica, Environment Minister Peter Garrett said on Monday.

Discover the splendor of Madeira with Aerosoft's latest high-end scenery project Madeira X . Aerial images of 50 cm per pixel placed on a 9.5 meter mesh form the background for two highly detailed and demanding airports, Funchal and Porto Santo.

Two weeks before the annual Meeting of the International Whaling Commission , taking place from 22nd to the 26th of June in Madeira, Portugal, European whaling nations provoke the international community with an increase of whaling quotas and granting export permits for whale meat to Japan.

Fuddy-duddy? Not this island. Its bars are buzzing, its clubbers party till dawn.

MORE than 40,000 of Devon taxpayers' money has been spent on foreign travel for 11 county councillors, the Echo can exclusively reveal today.

Owning a property abroad may not be considered eco-friendly, but buying a fractional freehold property can help to lower your carbon footprint.