Verdensnaturfonden dokumenterer, at flere lande ikke respekterer konventionen om handel med elfenben. Thailand, der er vært for en stor CITES-konference, har således et af verdens største og dårligst regulerede elfenbensmarkeder. Den ulovlige handel med elfenben koster årligt 30.000 afrikanske elefanter livet.
GLAND, 21 February 2013 (WWF): Evidence shows that Thailand, Nigeria and DR Congo have failed repeatedly to address their rampant (omsiggribende) domestic ivory (elfenben) markets despite CITES rules that outlaw the unregulated sale of ivory.
Under treaty rules, CITES member states can recommend that parties stop trading with non-compliant countries in the 35,000 species covered under the convention, from timbers to crocodile skins.
“These countries have been identified in every ivory trade analysis for the past decade as those most implicated (implicerede) in the illicit (ulovlige) ivory trade,” said Steven Broad, Executive Director of TRAFFIC.
“With the demand for ivory driving a widespread poaching (krybskytteri) crisis, CITES member countries must demand compliance with international law.”
In Thailand, the host country for the CITES conference and one of the world’s largest unregulated ivory markets, criminals are taking advantage of Thai laws allowing the sale of ivory from domestic elephants to launder massive quantities of illegal African ivory through Thai shops. Much of this ivory is purchased by foreign turists.
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