加载中…中国销毁非法象牙显示保护野生生物的决心
(2014-01-10 14:30:19)
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美国鱼类和野生动植物管理局（Fish and Wildlife Service）局长丹•阿什（Dan Ashe）指出，中国于1月6日销毁6吨以上非法象牙的行动表明，中国对日益扩大的打击全球野生动物贩运的努力再次做出承诺。目前贩运野生动物的行为对非洲大象、犀牛、老虎和其他标志性物种的未来构成了威胁。
阿什在美国鱼类和野生生物管理局的一份声明中表示，“继美国在11月份销毁截获的象牙后，今天中国也采取了行动，向偷猎者、贩运者和消费者发出了强有力的信号，强调决不容忍贩运野生动物的犯罪行为。现在我们两国已加入肯尼亚、加蓬、菲律宾等销毁非法象牙的国家行列。我们高兴地获悉，法国也将于今年销毁非法象牙。”
《濒危野生动植物种国际贸易公约》（Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora）秘书长约翰·斯坎伦（John E. Scanlon）在中国销毁象牙行动的仪式（如上图所示）上发表讲话说，他希望任何参与这种高度破坏性非法活动的人都听到这些响亮和明确的严正呼声：
• 象牙非法交易正给大象带来灾难性的影响，也对人类和他们的生计构成威胁。这种行为必须停止。
• 中国和整个国际社会决心制止这类非法交易。
•你如果从事象牙的非法交易，面临被拘捕、起诉和重罚的风险会更高，你“投资”象牙非法交易的回报可能是蹲监狱、高额罚款和没收财产。
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China's Crush of Illegal Ivory Shows Commitment to Protection
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China’s destruction of more than 6 tons of illegal ivory on January 6 demonstrates the country’s renewed commitment to the growing fight against global wildlife trafficking that threatens the future of African elephants, rhinoceros, tigers and other iconic species, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) Director Dan Ashe says.
“Along with the United States’ destruction of its seized ivory in November, today’s action by China sends a clear and powerful message to poachers, traffickers and consumers that wildlife crime will not be tolerated,” he said in a USFWS statement. “Our two nations now join Kenya, Gabon and the Philippines in the community of nations that have destroyed their illegal ivory. We are very pleased to hear that France will also destroy illegal elephant ivory this year.”
John E. Scanlon, secretary-general for the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), said at China’s ivory destruction ceremony (shown above) that he hopes “the underlying messages being conveyed ... are heard loud and clear by anyone who is involved in this highly destructive illicit activity”:
• Illegal trade in elephant ivory is having a devastating impact on the African elephant, and it also poses a threat to people and their livelihoods. It must stop.
• China and the entire international community are determined to end this illicit trade.
• If you do trade illegally in elephant ivory, you now run a much higher risk of being arrested, prosecuted and severely punished, and the return on your “investment” in illegally traded ivory may end up being jail time, heavy fines and seized assets.
The text of Scanlon’s remarks is available on the CITES website.
Read more: http://iipdigital.usembassy.gov/st/english/inbrief/2014/01/20140107290097.html#ixzz2pyUGznpT
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