Greenpeace statement on Arctic Indigenous Community hunt

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    Greenpeace Statement Indignenous Hunt.pdf

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    Greenpeace statement on Arctic Indigenous Community hunt
    Greenpeace has not opposed and will not oppose the Inuit subsistence seal hunt and the generation of
    local income from the products of such hunting, provided that the hunt does not harm, or threaten to
    harm, the habitat and health of seal populations and the ecosystem as a whole. Greenpeace recognizes
    the right of Arctic Indigenous Peoples to the sustainable use of natural resources.
    Greenpeace urges the European Union to uphold the exception for seal skin products from Indigenous
    community (IC) hunt. Greenpeace also hopes that the EU will help to ensure that the exemption of IC
    products from Canada is implemented in practice, as intended in the beginning. When the European
    Community imposed its import ban on seal products, Greenpeace did not oppose the exemption of seal
    products originating from the Arctic Indigenous Community hunt.
    Furthermore, the EU must increase the effort to inform the public and the relevant authorities in the
    Member States of the differences between the sustainable hunts conducted by Indigenous Communities
    and the commercial hunt.
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    Jorgo Riss Patrik Eriksson
    Director, Greenpeace European Unit Executive Director, Greenpeace Nordic
    Grønlandsudvalget 2014-15
    GRU Alm.del Bilag 37
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