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Q&A: Communities combating illegal wildlife trade in East Africa 17 December, 2020 - 13:10
Olivia Wilson-Holt hears from three participants in a recent series of online learning sessions on wildlife conservation in East Africa about why engaging with communities is critical to combating illegal wildlife trade.
Since September, more than 120 representatives from wildlife conservation and management authorities, and non-governmental and community-based organisations from East African Community partner states have learned more about the initiative through a series of sessions organised by IIED, the IUCN East and Southern Africa Regional Office and the IUCN Sustainable Use[.]
Since its outbreak, the COVID-19 pandemic’s interlinkages with illegal wildlife trade have caught a lot of attention and been touted as a primary cause. Dwelling on the carrier species of coronavirus that have been implicated and the channels of zoonotic spillover, the policies implemented to curb bushmeat consumption with incomplete ramifications to curb illegal wildlife markets are critiqued. The urgent need to address the problem is highlighted, requiring significant enforcement efforts at the local and national level along with transnational cooperation to make them successful. There is a need for alternative coordinated solutions for the COVID-19 vaccine which ironically finds its origin in a wildlife product.
(UNSPLASH / MANILA BULLETIN)
“The growing number of illegal trading cases prompts us to make environmental law enforcement as one of the priorities in the DENR,” DENR Secretary Roy Cimatu said in a statement.
Last Nov. 20, the Pasay City Metropolitan Trial Court Branch 48 convicted Jesse Camaro for illegally transporting 757 tarantulas with an estimated value of P310,900 and Customs duties and taxes amounting to P54,752.
Camaro was found guilty of violating Republic Act (RA) 9147 or the Wildlife Conservation and Protection Act and sentenced to six months imprisonment and fined P20,000.
He was also fined P100,000 for violating Republic Act 10863 or the Customs Modernization and Tariff Act.
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