Japan World Champion in Illegal Ivory Trade

Msonkhano wa mayiko sabata yamawa ku Lyon ku CITES udzazindikira momwe dziko la Japan likutsalira pothana ndi msika wawo wapakhomo.

Kukula kwa msika wa minyanga ya njovu ku Japan ndikwambiri, komwe kuli matani 244, kuphatikiza matani 178 a minyanga yonse yolembetsedwa ndi matani 66 a zidutswa zodulidwa zomwe zanenedwa ndi ogulitsa olembetsedwa, zomwe zimawerengera 89% ya minyanga yonse ya njovu ku Asia (275.3) matani) ndi 31% ya nkhokwe zapadziko lonse lapansi (matani 796), monga zalengezedwa ku CITES.

Msonkhano woyamba wamunthu kuyambira 2019 wa UN Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) imatsegula Lolemba 7 Marichi ku Lyon, France. 

CITES (Mgwirizano wa Padziko Lonse pa Malonda a Zamoyo Zakuthengo ndi Zomera Zakuthengo Zotsala Pang’ono Kutha) ndi mgwirizano wapadziko lonse pakati pa maboma. Cholinga chake ndi kuonetsetsa kuti malonda apadziko lonse a zinyama ndi zomera zakutchire asawononge moyo wa zinyama.

Zodzaza akamayesetsa ya 74^thKomiti Yokhazikika ili ndi zinthu 89 zokhudzana ndi chitetezo cha mitundu yopitilira 30 ndi msonkho wa zomera ndi nyama. 

Odziwika kwambiri mwa iwo, monga mwachizolowezi, ali Njovu za ku Africa, kuphatikizapo nkhani zokhudza malonda a njovu, kasamalidwe ka minyanga ya njovu, ndiponso kutsekedwa kwa misika ya m’nyumba ya njovu. 

Lingaliro loti atseke misika yapakhomo ya minyanga ya njovu yomwe ikuthandizira kupha nyama popanda chilolezo kapena malonda osaloledwa adavomerezedwa ndi CITES mchaka cha 2016. Mayiko ambiri omwe amagulabe minyanga ya njovu achitapo kanthu kuti atseke misika yawo yosaloledwa.

Mayiko akuphatikizapo US, China, Hong Kong SAR waku China, UK, European Union, ndi Singapore. 

Japan ikadali msika wofunikira kwambiri womwe watsala wotseguka wa minyanga ya njovu.

 CITES Chigamulo 18.117, yomwe idakhazikitsidwa mu 2019, idalamula mayiko "omwe sanatseke misika yawo yapakhomo ... kuti afotokozere ku Secretariat kuti iganizidwe ndi Komiti Yokhazikika ... panjira zomwe akutenga kuti misika yawo yapakhomo ikulepheretse kupha nyama kapena kuchita malonda osaloledwa" . 

Lipoti la dziko la Japan poyankha Chigamulocho linati “lakhala likugwiritsa ntchito njira zokhwimitsa zinthu pofuna kuonetsetsa kuti msika wapakhomo wa minyanga ya njovu ukuthandiza kuti anthu azipha nyama mozembera kapena kuchita malonda oletsedwa.”

 Koma watsopano phunziro kuchokera Japan Tiger ndi Elephant Fund (JTEF) yapeza kuti njira zokhwima zotere sizinachitikepo. 

Malinga ndi kafukufukuyu, kukula kwa msika wa minyanga ya njovu ku Japan ndi kwakukulu, komwe kuli matani 244 - 89% ya minyanga ya njovu yomwe ili ku Asia ndi 31% ya nkhokwe zapadziko lonse lapansi. 

“Kwa zaka zambiri takhala tikuwonetsa kuti Boma la Japan likulephera kuwongolera malonda ake a minyanga ya njovu omwe ali ndi ming'alu komanso kuletsa malonda oletsedwa ndi kutumiza kunja,” akutero mkulu wa bungwe la JTEF Masayuki Sakamoto. 

"Palibe chomwe chasintha." 

Mamembala a Mgwirizano wa Njovu ku Africa (AEC), mayiko 32 a mu Afirika odzipereka kuteteza njovu za ku Africa, akakamiza dziko la Japan kuti litseke msika wake wa minyanga ya njovu kwa zaka zambiri. Oimira maboma a Burkina Faso, Liberia, Niger, ndi Sierra Leone, m'makalata opita kwa Bwanamkubwa wa Tokyo Yuriko Koike mu Marichi 2021, adalemba kuti:

“Malinga ndi mmene ife tikuonera, pofuna kuteteza njovu zathu ku malonda a minyanga ya njovu n’kofunika kwambiri kuti msika wa minyanga wa njovu ku Tokyo utsekedwe, kusiyapo zinthu zina zochepa.”

 Ndipo tsopano, ndi kutsekedwa kwapadziko lonse kwa misika yapakhomo, CITES ikubwerera m'mbuyo. 

Mu Komiti Yoyimilira Chikalata 39, Secretariat imalimbikitsa kuti Komiti Yoyimilira "itanire Msonkhano wa Maphwando (omwe adzakumana mu November) kuti avomereze kuti zisankho 18.117 ku 18.119 zakhala zikugwiritsidwa ntchito mokwanira ndipo zikhoza kuchotsedwa." 

Membala wa AEC ku Senegal akutsutsa lipoti la Japan ndikuwona kusagwirizana kwake ndi malingaliro a Secretariat mu chikalata. Inf.18. 

Ochita kampeni kuchokera Chikondi Franz Weber, ndi David Shepherd Zinyama Zachilengedwe, Environmental Investigation Agency, ndi Japan Tiger and Elephant Fund adzakhala ku Lyon kulimbikitsa magulu a CITES kutsutsa malingalirowa kuti alole kupereka malipoti kupitirire, ndipo adzafunanso kuti Japan atseke msika wake wa minyanga ya njovu.