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.
Komès nan reken swa, twa espès reken thresher, ak nèf espès reyon mobula kounye a pral gen pou pwouve dirab, apre plis pase de tyè nan 182 gouvènman manm CITES yo nan 17yèm Konferans Pati yo (CoP17) nan Johannesburg, Lafrik di sid, te dakò ajoute espès yo nan Apendis II.
Lis adisyonèl sa yo double pousantaj reken menase pa komès fin ki kounye a reglemante anba premye konvansyon konsèvasyon bèt sovaj nan mond lan. Deplasman an bay yon chans pou espès sa yo retabli de bès popilasyon ki gen plis pase 70 pousan nan tout ranje yo ki te koze sitou pa komès mondyal nan najwar ak plak branch.
"Vòt sa a se yon gwo etap nan direksyon pou asire siviv pi gwo espès reken ak reyon sa yo, ki kontinye gen pi gwo risk pou yo disparèt akòz valè najwa yo ak branch yo," te di Luke Warwick, direktè kanpay konsèvasyon reken mondyal la. nan The Pew Charitable Trusts. "Reponn yon nimewo rekò gouvènman pou pwoteje espès sa yo te reponn."
Warwick te ajoute, “Nou espere kontinye siksè ak kowòdinasyon mondyal pandan lis yo ap aplike, epi aplodi CITES kòm pi gwo pwoteksyon reken ak reyon nan mond lan.”
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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