Your daily dose of bad news … Easter notwithstanding … It is all about poaching, wildlife and environmental crimes here …
in the spotlight today ……………………
More than 10,000 acres of forested deep peatlands
lost on APP supplier concession. INDONESIA
· APP must temporarily suspend its contract with the supplier
· APP needs to launch an independent multi-stakeholder investigation
extract: Jakarta, 6 April 2015
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Spatial Monitoring by Greenomics Indonesia has revealed that more than
10,000 acres of forested deep peatlands have been lost on a concession belonging to one of the
largest suppliers of APP, located in the province of West Kalimantan, Indonesian Borneo. The loss of
the said forested deep peatlands has been significant over the course of just three months, from late
June to mid-September 2014
http://www.greenomics.org/docs/Greenomics_Press-Release_APP-FCP_6Apr2015.pdf
No 376 Wildlife Trade News: 6th April
Zimbabwe’s Plan to Export Wild Elephants: The Full Audio Interviews http://world.einnews.com/article/258089452/tgAwgmGjQJutJbyR (NA comment: based on all the media coverage AND statements made by the Zimbabwe government, why not listen up the their environment minister being, to put it charitably, economical with the truth?)
CURRENTLY IN PURGATORY AND WAITING
TO GO TO HELL.
ALL THANKS TO CHINA. IT’S SO WRONG, ISN’T IT?
…CONSIGNING THEM TO A LIFE OF CRUELTY AND ABUSE IN CHINA.
CITES OFFICIALS CAN EASILY STOP THIS TRADE. IF THEY HAD AN OUNCE OF CONCERN FOR ELEPHANTS, THEY WOULD BLOCK THE SHIPMENT, WOULDN’T THEY?
YES – CITES OFFICIALS – ONCE AGAIN AT THE FOREFRONT OF EXPANDING THE
CRUEL WILDLIFE TRADE.
SHAME ON CHINA AND ZIMBABWE.
Will YOU please write and tell this man to block the trade in baby elephants, today, while it is still fresh in your mind? It’s the least you can do, isn’t it?
Dr. Meng Xianlin
The CITES Management Authority of China
The State Forestry Administration
18E. Street, Hepingli, Beijing(100714). P.R of China
mengxianlin and you could even c.c. John.scanlon
Fax: 0086-10-84238893
Elephant riding is not tourism with a conscience http://www.todayonline.com/voices/elephant-riding-not-tourism-conscience
As Beijing cracks down on ivory trade, pressure mounts on Hong Kong to follow suit http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1756326/beijing-cracks-down-ivory-trade-pressure-mounts-hong-kong-follow-suit
Bill seeks to curb sale of ivory in Nevada; exceptions include old musical instruments http://www.greenfieldreporter.com/view/story/3d2e23c81a234c00a72194651b1c5751/NV–Ivory-Ban
San Francisco Poachers Sentenced For Taking 59 Abalone http://californiadiver.com/san-francisco-poachers-sentenced-for-taking-59-abalone042/
Poachers punished, cop rewarded. PHILIPPINES http://e-pao.net/GP.asp?src=24..050415.apr15
Anti-poaching drive cripples ivory syndicates. TANZANIA http://www.dailynews.co.tz/index.php/local-news/43375-anti-poaching-drive-cripples-ivory-syndicates
Rhino Wars: South Africa’s record hike in poaching https://en-maktoob.news.yahoo.com/rhino-wars-south-africas-record-hike-poaching-204931611.html
2005 case: Poachers get 3 yrs in jail. INDIA http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/dehradun/2005-case-Poachers-get-3-yrs-in-jail/articleshow/46808191.cms
Tiger poaching: Case may be handed over to Mysuru police. INDIA http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mysuru/Tiger-poaching-Case-may-be-handed-over-to-Mysuru-police/articleshow/46803686.cms
South African women lead fight against rhino poaching http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/04/african-women-boost-fight-rhino-poaching-150404132606917.html
Deforestation effects on human activities, animal welfare ZAMBIA https://www.daily-mail.co.zm/?p=25446
Thai environmentalists pay for activism with their lives http://projects.aljazeera.com/2015/04/thailand-activists/
Leopard numbers across the country down by up to 80%, claims wildlife study. INDIA http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/dehradun/Leopard-numbers-across-the-country-down-by-upto-80-claims-wildlife-study/articleshow/46816688.cms
‘Form panel of wildlife experts for tiger count’ http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bareilly/Form-panel-of-wildlife-experts-for-tiger-count/articleshow/46816781.cms
Dam Critic Questioned Over Illegal Logging. CAMBODIA https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/dam-critic-questioned-over-illegal-logging-81453/
National scene: Deforestation slowing in Indonesia: WRI – See more at: http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2015/04/06/national-scene-deforestation-slowing-indonesia-wri.html#sthash.FG0b9mEJ.dpuf
Ivory and rhino horns get the boot from Sandringham’s new PC royal trophy room: Stuffed rhino heads, skins and tusks put into storage to make break with the past. UK Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3026819/Ivory-rhino-horns-boot-Sandringham-s-new-PC-royal-trophy-room-Stuffed-rhino-heads-skins-tusks-storage-make-break-past.html#ixzz3WVJXZGwV
Monkey killers jailed in Manipur http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/guwahati/Monkey-killers-jailed-in-Manipur/articleshow/46816654.cms
Indonesia, Brazil subsidizing forest loss far more than REDD+ slows it http://news.mongabay.com/2015/0401-jacobson-deforestation-subsidies-indonesia-brazil.html
WILL BKSDA (Wildlife authority) IN JAKARTA NOW RAID – BETTER STILL, CLOSE DOWN ………..
THE INFAMOUS JATINEGARA WILDLIFE MARKET – JAKARTA, INDONESIA? It’s not far from their offices.
Despite this market openly selling protected species it has remained in business for as long as anyone can remember. Local law enforcement officials show no interest in local law enforcement.
The following are a random selection of photos from a recent visit. This was a very typical days’ trading and it’s one of two such markets in Jakarta. The other one is, if anything, more notorious and larger. Far more animals are sold online. No one appears to care. Not even CITES.
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There were at least 36 owls for sale.
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