<story><title>14 nations commit to protect oceans</title><url>https://www.nationalgeographic.co.uk/environment-and-conservation/2020/12/in-rare-show-of-solidarity-14-key-nations-commit-to-protect</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>Danieru</author><text>Since no one has mentioned the elephant in the room: this appears to be a lobby of countries not happy with the current absolute ban on whaling. Norway never signed, Canada has always had natives continuing to hunt, and Japan dislikes how the treaty meant to restore whale populations has become a treaty to forever ban. Thus we see the world&amp;#x27;s pro whaling group. Plus the smaller nations who can be bought to the table.&lt;p&gt;One should expect sustainable whaling to be top of this groups agenda.</text></comment>
<story><title>14 nations commit to protect oceans</title><url>https://www.nationalgeographic.co.uk/environment-and-conservation/2020/12/in-rare-show-of-solidarity-14-key-nations-commit-to-protect</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>ClosedPistachio</author><text>&amp;gt;The 14 members are Australia, Canada, Chile, Ghana, Indonesia, Japan, Kenya, Mexico, Namibia, Norway, Portugal, and the island nations of Fiji, Jamaica, and Palau.</text></comment>