The Pew Charitable Trusts today applauded the move by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) to extend to four species of sharks and nine species of mobula rays the protections they need to recover from depleted populations.
Iṣowo ni awọn yanyan yanyan, awọn eeya mẹta ti awọn ẹja ekuru, ati awọn eeyan mẹsan ti awọn eegun mobula bayi yoo ni lati jẹ iduroṣinṣin, lẹhin ti o ju ida meji ninu mẹta ti awọn ijọba ẹgbẹ 182 CITES ni Apejọ 17th ti Awọn Ẹjọ (CoP17) ni Johannesburg, South Africa, gba lati ṣafikun awọn eya si Afikun II.
Awọn atokọ afikun wọnyi ṣe ilọpo meji ipin ogorun awọn yanyan ti o ni irokeke nipasẹ iṣowo fin ti o ti ni ilana nisinsinyi labẹ apejọ iṣetọju ẹda abemi agbaye. Gbe lọ pese aye fun awọn eeya wọnyi lati bọsipọ lati awọn idinku awọn olugbe ti o ju 70 ogorun lọ jakejado ibiti wọn ti ṣẹlẹ nipataki nipasẹ iṣowo kariaye ni awọn imu ati awọn awo gill.
“Idibo yii jẹ igbesẹ nla si ṣiṣe idaniloju iwalaaye ti yanyan nla wọnyi ati awọn eegun eeyan, eyiti o tẹsiwaju lati wa ni eewu iparun julọ nitori iye ti awọn imu ati gills wọn,” ni Luke Warwick, adari fun ipolongo itoju yanyan agbaye ni Awọn igbẹkẹle Aanu Pew. “A ti dahun ipe lati nọmba to ṣeto igbasilẹ ti awọn ijọba lati daabobo awọn ẹda wọnyi.”
Warwick ṣafikun, “A nireti lati tẹsiwaju aṣeyọri agbaye ati iṣọkan bi a ṣe n ṣe awọn atokọ naa,” a si yìn fun CITES gege bi oludari agbaju agbaye ti awọn yanyan ati egungun. ”
The proposals to add these shark and ray species to Appendix II drew historic levels of support this year. More than 50 countries signed on as cosponsors for one or more of the proposed listings. In the lead-up to CoP17, regional workshops were held around the world, including in the Dominican Republic, Samoa, Senegal, Sri Lanka, and South Africa, which helped build massive backing for the new listings.
Implementation of the landmark 2013 shark and ray Appendix II listings, which for the first time allowed for regulation of five commercially traded shark species, has been heralded as widely successful. Governments around the world have hosted training workshops for customs and environment officials since the 2013 listings went into effect on best practices to create sustainable export limits and customs checks to prevent illegal trade.
“Governments have the blueprint to duplicate and even surpass the implementation successes of the 2013 shark and ray listings,” said Warwick. “We expect an enormous global response to engage and effectively enforce these latest protections, and look forward to the continued growth of a worldwide push towards shark and ray conservation.”
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