Your daily dose of bad news about poaching, wildlife and environmental
crimes and guess which name comes up
on top again …
in the spotlight today ……………………
Elephant slaughter, China ivory sales ‘out of control’http://www.mysinchew.com/node/104041?tid=37 BLAME CITES/UNEP AND ITS BUREACRATS FOR BEING SO SOFT ON CHINESE WILDLIFE CRIME OVER THE PAST DECADE…..and it continues, bigger than ever, to this day.
China ivory demand could spell the end of wild elephants
Image by: Reuben Goldberg http://www.timeslive.co.za/scitech/2014/12/09/china-ivory-demand-could-spell-the-end-of-wild-elephants
“CITES is the dirtiest of conventions when it comes to falsification and fraud.”
Ansoumane Doumbouya, Former head of Guinea CITES Management Authority.
China’s Illegal Ivory Trade Escalating Out of Control
PHOTO CREDIT: © Lucy Vigne
http://savetheelephants.org/press-releases/chinas-illegal-ivory-trade-escalating-out-of-control/
When it comes to CITES and its leadership
the biggest mistake you can make is to judge
either by its intentions, not its results.
There have been dozens of news reports this week concerning Prince William’s comments about ivory and China. Can you find a single such report on the CITES web site news section? http://www.cites.org/ No? Now, why might that be? Even in China and Vietnam you can read these news reports, but not on the CITES secretariat web site. Do you think the secretariat is attempting to shield China from such critical reports? What other reason could there be for the absence of any of these VERY high profile news reports concerning China from their web site, Facebook page and Twitter?. Does this make you suspicious as to who’s side the CITES secretariat are on?
DO YOU HAVE ANY CONFIDENCE
LEFT IN CITES AND THESE OFFICIALS?
These three men are very influential over which countries are punished, or not, by CITES.
No one, least of all us, is asking these men to do more than enforce the CITES Convention – which is what they are paid very well to do.
Achim Steiner UNEP John Scanlon CITES Oystein Steiner CITES
Executive Director Secretary General Chairman: Standing Committee
No 290 Wildlife Trade News 10th December 2014
100,000 Elephants Killed By China For Ivory: ‘African Elephants Could Disappear From The Wild Within A Generation’ http://www.foodworldnews.com/articles/10964/20141209/100-000-elephants-killed-by-china-for-ivory-african-elephants-could-disappear-from-the-wild-within-a-generation.htm
Price of ivory soars as Chinese bet on extinction http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/environment/wildlife/article4292532.ece
The Duke of Cambridge’s speech on the illegal wildlife trade at the World Bank, Washington D.C., USA http://www.princeofwales.gov.uk/media/speeches/the-duke-of-cambridges-speech-the-illegal-wildlife-trade-the-world-bank-washington-dc
Report: A Quarter of Ivory Sold in Beijing and Shanghai Shops Illegal http://www.voanews.com/content/reu-report-a-quarter-of-ivory-sold-in-beijing-shanghai-shops-illegal/2551357.html
Elephant slaughter, China ivory sales ‘out of control’ http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/afp/141209/elephant-slaughter-china-ivory-sales-out-control
25% of ivory sold in China is illegal http://www.news24.com/Green/News/25-of-ivory-sold-in-China-is-illegal-20141209
Chinese Demand for Illegal Elephant Tusks Outstrips Enforcement http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-12-09/chinese-demand-for-illegal-elephant-tusks-outstrips-enforcement.html
Baby elephant dies in Zimbabwe, meat shared out by boma staff (NA COMMENT: SHAME ON THE UAE and ZIMBABWE http://www.timeslive.co.za/scitech/2014/12/09/baby-elephant-dies-in-zimbabwe-meat-shared-out-by-boma-staff
ONE OF THE DAILY HUMILIATIONS FACING 50 ZIMBABWE ELEPHANTS DUE TO BE SHIPPED TO CHINA ….after having been torn away from their distraught or, most probably, murdered mothers.
Even more elephants to suffer and die to satisfy China’s greed and lust for wildlife.
Baby elephants captured in Zimbabwe now destined for UAE (and CHINA)
http://www.eturbonews.com/53439/baby-elephants-captured-zimbabwe-now-destined-uae
Despite Conservation Efforts, Ivory Prices Still Rising in China http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2014/12/09/despite-conservation-efforts-ivory-prices-still-rising-in-china/
South Africa: U.S. Embassy Helps Fight Rhino Poaching http://allafrica.com/stories/201412091490.html
Botswana: Rhino Poaching Remains Challenge http://allafrica.com/stories/201412091441.html
The difficulties of measuring ivory and rhino horn exports. Although official estimates on the illegal wildlife trade suggest one thing, a lack of accurate records means the story is a more complex
Giraffes suffocated in wire traps or hacked from behind with machetes: Shocking pictures of majestic animals butchered for bushmeat and sold for 30p a pound – a trade that’s driving them to extinction
Kathryn Bigelow On Elephant Poaching And Terrorism – Video http://deadline.com/2014/12/kathryn-bigelow-elephant-poaching-terrorism-video-1201315928/
Why, in Malaysia, is the government so reluctant to crush its 2000 plus pieces of ivory? Could it be because corrupt officials’ have stolen some? The same government don’t want any external audit of the ivory. Despite this, the CITES Standing Committee are expected to NOT sanction Malaysia – a country, not unlike China, CITES knows full well has been up to its neck in the illegal wildlife trade for a decade or more. With no punishment from CITES, is it any wonder the illegal wildlife trade has exploded in scale under the present CITES administration?
When it comes to CITES and its leadership
the biggest mistake you can make is to judge
either by its intentions, not its results.
Tanzania: We Must Give Forest Conservation Priority It Deserves http://allafrica.com/stories/201412090396.html
Tiger poisoned ? Body found in Sharda canal http://www.indileak.com/tiger-poisoned-body-found-in-sharda-canal/
‘No Palm Oil’ Label On Food Products Discriminatory, Baseless – Uggah (NA comment: Malaysia – where, according to his industry, everything is rosy) http://www.bernama.com.my/bernama/v7/bu/newsbusiness.php?id=1092103
Ras Al Khaimah Customs foils houbara smuggling bid http://www.khaleejtimes.com/kt-article-display-1.asp?xfile=data/nationgeneral/2014/December/nationgeneral_December65.xml§ion=nationgeneral
Namibia: Poacher ‘Mistook Eland for Lion’ http://allafrica.com/stories/201412091297.html
7 live, 140 chemically preserved hawksbill turtles found in Palawan
Seminar seeks solutions to protect dwindling numbers of sea turtles in Kuwait http://www.kuna.net.kw/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2413226&Language=en
Pope Francis: Say No to Religious Ivory and Save Thousands of Elephants (YOUR chance to help save elephants. Will YOU?) https://secure.avaaz.org/en/petition/Pope_Francis_Say_No_to_Religious_Ivory_and_Save_Thousands_of_Elephants/
MOF seizes illegal logs in Sibu. SARAWAK http://www.thestar.com.my/News/Nation/2014/12/09/MOF-siezes-illgal-logs/
Up-date on Australian illegal logging laws http://www.ihb.de/wood/news/Australia_illegal_logging_laws_39560.html
Leopards change activity patterns in response to tigers and humans http://zeenews.india.com/news/sci-tech/leopards-change-activity-patterns-in-response-to-tigers-and-humans_1512374.html
War threatens existence of wildlife species in South Sudan http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?article53285
Rhino squad training to cost P2M http://www.mmegi.bw/index.php?aid=47951&dir=2014/december/09
Will Sarawak’s CM follow through on illegal logging? http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/opinion/letters/2014/12/10/will-sarawaks-cm-follow-through-on-illegal-logging/
Omnibus Bill Spends over $19 Million Protecting Rhinoceroses http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2014/12/09/Omnibus-Bill-Contains-Two-Sections-Spends-More-Than-10-Million-Protecting-Rhinoceroses
Bringing Borneo back (Sabah) http://www.australiangeographic.com.au/outdoor/destinations/2014/12/bringing-borneo-back
RM32m worth of logs seized since Jan-Nov: Adenan Satem. SARAWAK http://www.nst.com.my/node/61177
Guns, bombs recovered from poachers in Bhisi forest http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/Guns-bombs-recovered-from-poachers-in-Bhisi-forest/articleshow/45442447.cms
REDD+ on the ground: In Tanzania, finance and enthusiasm ‘faded away’ http://blog.cifor.org/25815/norway-finance-funding-redd-tanzania-jane-goodall-institute#.VIfs3XuTIsc
