At the World Wildlife Conference in Panama later this year, discussions are expected to center around African wildlife such as elephants, big cats and rosewood trees
FILE - Nicci Wright, a wildlife rehabilitation expert and executive director of the African Pangolin Working Group in South Africa, holds a pangolin at a Wildlife Veterinary Hospital in Johannesburg, South Africa on Oct. 18, 2020. Iconic African wildlife such as elephants, big cats, rosewood trees, pangolins and marine turtles will be central to discussions of the World Wildlife Conference slated for Panama later in 2022.
“African nations are providing a strong example to the world of how states can collaboratively take action against illegal international trade in wildlife," said Ivonne Higuero, the secretary general of the UN wildlife agency. ”In Central and West Africa, there is a new political commitment and engagement to combat the illegal trade endangered species of wild animals and plants.”
The World Wildlife Seizures Database, which is a global repository of reported wildlife confiscations compiled by the UN office on drugs and crime, is the main tool used to review worldwide illegal commercial trends. Between 1999 and 2018, there were over 180,000 seizures, covering 6,000 species spread across 149 countries represents the network of illegal wildlife trade, according to the database.
UN records also indicate that the"largest flow of illicitly harvested rosewood in the past four years is coming out of Africa.” Global imports of tropical hardwood logs totaled 18 million cubic meters in 2018, valued at over US$ 3 billion. Some 82 % of the value of this import demand came from industries based in China, which currently leads the world in furniture manufacturing.
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