April 2015- Poaching and illicit trafficking of wild fauna and flora have a significant impact on species and entire ecosystems, local communities and their livelihoods, national economies, and national and regional security.
In order to avoid this, concrete measures need to be taken quickly to control the poaching and illegal trade at the local area and ensure the implementation is thorough.
It is through such strengthened and sustained collective efforts that we will be able to reverse the current disturbing trends in the poaching and smuggling of the African elephant, and combat other wildlife crimes much more effectively.
With poaching and wildlife trafficking at record levels, we hope that this meeting will be the start of a ground-breaking initiative in the fight against this deadly and destructive trade.”.
This has been caused by human action, like poaching, deforestation, extraction and harmful processes to slash and burn agriculture deeply threatening Africa's water ecosystem.
The vast majority of poaching is being carried out by a few big organisations- possibly one or two major syndicates- that are targeting one area and then hammering its elephants.
The ultimate solution to poaching and the illegal trade in wildlife products is, of course, to persuade people not to buy them- an approach known as“demand reduction”.
The Borneo orangutan, after suffering from logging, hunting, and the catastrophic fires of 1997, is not likely to survive beyond 2010 if current trends continue.
National forests are being cut down, national monuments are being defaced, wolves are being slaughtered, and rare species are being poached and trophy hunted.
The Government of Japan is deeply committed to the cause of protecting elephants from atrocious acts of poaching by international criminal organizations among others, and attaches great importance to supporting range states in the fight against poaching of elephants.
While China recently increased its arrests and prosecutions for wildlife crimes, those caught trafficking wildlife in Vietnam or other transit countries almost always escape punishment.
The wild buffalo is listed under Schedule I of the Indian Wildlife(Protection) Act, that mandates a punishment of three to seven years imprisonment for poaching and trade.
There has been improved patrolling, community involvement, training and law enforcement, changing attitudes among the buying public and reduced counts of poaching.
Since 1970, Japan has imported ivory from more than 250,0001 African elephants, much of this from tusks that were illegally acquired through the poaching of wild elephants.
Experts said the turtles, which range widely as part of their natural life cycle, would inevitably try to cross those roads, exposing them to vehicles, predators and human poachers.
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