2009年12月16日星期三

ProFauna UK - National Campaign Against Illegal Trade In Wildlife in Indonesia Has Been Launched

ProFauna Indonesia, a wildlife attention society, has apprenticed the Indonesian government to crop burning accomplish to accord with the aggressive actionable barter in endangered wildlife. Hundreds of bags of agrarian animals are poached and traded anniversary year for calm and across “exotic pet” markets. Some are atrociously exploited for bushmeat and "medicine". 95% of traded animals are bent in the wild, aggressive the bio-diversity and sending abounding breed to extinction.

ProFauna delivered its address to the government of Indonesia this week, if it launched its civic attack adjoin the barter in wildlife in foreground of the presidential palace, Jakarta. Conservationist activitists staged a demonstration, sending a bulletin that this barter is not alone atrocious but a crime. More demonstrations will be staged after in 17 added cities throughout Indonesia.

It was abstruse from the Indonesian Minister of Forestry, Mr M.S. Kaban, that the Indonesian government does not yet accept a civic plan to actively abode this problem.

ProFauna is advancement the Indonesian President, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, to account that the actionable barter in wildlife is a austere civic affair and for him to crop accurate accomplish to action the problem.

In the endure 10 years ProFauna Indonesia has conducted abounding investigations into this barter in Indonesia, alignment from Papua up to Medan, North Sumatera. There is acceptable acumen to be anxious as the barter seems to be uncontrollable, admitting a few areas which accept auspiciously abstemious it, such as that of sea turtles in Bali. However, in abounding added cities including Jakarta, abounding endangered breed which are declared to be adequate by law, are still accepting poached and traded. Some are even bought by government officials, badge and aggressive personnel.

It is estimated that this actionable barter is account Indonesian Rupiah 9 Trillion ( US$ 900 Million ) anniversary year, due to the top prices paid for the added endangered species. In the calm atramentous bazaar a Sumatran tiger can back Rp 20 Million ( US$2000 ) and a Javan Owa ( gibbon ) Rp 3 Million ( US$300 ). The amount is abundant college in all-embracing atramentous market. An orangutan can back US$45,000 in all-embracing atramentous market.

Illegal barter in wildlife is atrocious and is commonly operated by arrangement of bent gangs, specialising in poaching and smuggling.

ProFauna is ambrosial to the Indonesian President to affair instructions abhorrent noncombatant servants, badge and army cadre from befitting adequate animals at home and to set up a appropriate assignment force team, involving the administration of Forestry, Police, Military badge and the Public Prosecutors’ Office, to accord with this analytical issue.

A new website has been launched to accumulate petitions at www.profauna.org

ProFauna UK
Diana Wright
www.profauna-uk.org
info@profauna-uk.org



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Source: i-newswire.com

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