Conservation

Success in the fight against ivory trade

Against the massive resistance of Namibia, South Africa, Japan, and Canada activists at a conference in Hawaii. Their Resolution recommends, to prohibit the national ivory trade.

In order to prevent
furthermore, elephants are brutally killed to get their valuable tusks. Censuses in Africa have shown that only well-to 350,000 elephants live in 18 countries on the continent. Estimates were assumed to be, however, of 400,000 to 600,000 animals. The reason for the
alarming decline – between 2007 and 2014 by almost a third – is, above all, poaching.

After days of heated discussion, the conference called for a strict ban on the trade in ivory on the internal markets. Namibia, South Africa, Japan, and Canada wanted to prevent to the last the complete spell for domestic markets.

Measures to the climate change adapt

For ten days the approximately 10,000 participants of the world nature conservation Congress were negotiating in Hawaii, what are the requirements of the climate change on the nature conservation of the future. With the “Hawaii agreements” is now the route to the next conference in four years.

Around 100 recommendations and Resolutions adopted by the 1,300 voting members of the International conservation Union (IUCN): it also deals better protection of lions, whales, rays, and sharks.

A profitable business: the “gate hunting” lion shot, which were pulled in petting zoos large

Controversial hunting on lion

The lions ‘ hunting for tourists, for example, is also a very hot iron. In South Africa, are hunted also animals that have previously been specially bred for petting zoos and, thereby, tamed. Adult animals will eventually be exposed in tiny enclosures and
wealthy hunters as easy prey presents. The IUCN-members are now calling for an end to the so-called “gate hunt”.

The Forum have also made numerous recommendations for more global cooperation in the face of climate change. A focus on the warming of the oceans and the resultant challenges for sea – and land-dwellers.

Red list updated

The IUCN list of Endangered species of animals and plants was the monkey updated and now has almost 24,000 species threatened with extinction – including four of the six major human. The resolutions are intended to serve as decision templates for the upcoming world protection of species conference (CITES) in South Africa, as well as the UN-world conservation conference in December in Mexico.

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