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R. C. Kirkpatrick Regional Director TRAFFIC East Asia One World, One Health Beijing, 15-17 November 2005 Asia’s Wildlife Trade What do we know about the movement of wild animals? TRAFFIC: The wildlife trade program of WWF and IUCN Bird market, Karachi, Pakistan. M. Rautkari, WWF-Canon.

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Page 1: Asia’s Wildlife Trade - One World · R. C. Kirkpatrick Regional Director TRAFFIC East Asia One World, One Health Beijing, 15-17 November 2005 Asia’s Wildlife Trade What do we

R. C

. Kirk

patr

ick

Reg

iona

l Dire

ctor

TRA

FFIC

Eas

t Asi

a

One W

orld

, One

Hea

lthBe

ijing,

15-1

7 Nov

embe

r 200

5

Asi

a’s

Wild

life

Trad

eW

hat d

o we k

now

abou

t the m

ovem

ent o

f wild

anim

als?

TRA

FFIC

:Th

e w

ildlif

e tra

de p

rogr

am o

f WW

F an

d IU

CN

Bird market, Karachi, Pakistan. M. Rautkari, WWF-Canon.

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Sum

mar

yCivet in southern China. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3908790/

•Live

wild

anim

al m

arke

ts …

--La

rge s

cale,

broa

d sco

pe--

Bring

glob

al bio

diver

sity t

o Asia

--

Mix w

ild &

dome

stic a

nimals

--Co

nser

vatio

n man

ager

s ove

rwhe

lmed

•Con

serv

atio

n an

d he

alth

…--

Prop

er re

gulat

ion a

comm

on ne

ed

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‘Sou

rce’

Mar

kets

of S

outh

east

Asi

aStarlings, Medan, Indonesia. C. Shepard, TRAFFIC Southeast Asia.

•Jak

arta

--La

rges

t in S

outhe

ast A

sia--

80%

bird

s, wi

ld &

dome

stic

•Med

an--

Bird

s, mo

nkey

s, tur

tles

--So

me sp

ecies

with

50%

mor

tality

/day

•Ind

ochi

na--

More

mar

kets,

but s

malle

r --

Bird

s, tur

tles,

pang

olins

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End

Mar

kets

Con

solid

atin

g in

Chi

na

•Gua

ngzh

ou / S

henz

hen

--67

7 spe

cies (

39 m

amma

ls, 45

3 bird

s)--

Both

wild-

caug

ht &

capti

ve br

ed

•Viet

Nam

/ Chi

na b

orde

r--

200+

verte

brate

spec

ies

--Mo

re th

an 50

% ar

e pro

tected

spec

ies

•Mas

sive s

cale

--90

000 s

nake

s, 24

000 t

urtle

s per

visit

--60

0 pan

golin

s/day

Turtles in a Beijing market. M. Gunther, WWF-Canon.

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End

Mar

kets

Con

solid

atin

g in

Chi

naTufted deer in market, Sichuan, China. S. Chapman, WWF-Canon.

•Ava

ilabl

e in

Guan

gzho

u …

--Ma

sked

palm

cive

t--

Ferre

t bad

ger

--Ba

rking

deer

--W

ild bo

ar--

Hedg

ehog

--

Fox

--Sq

uirre

l--

Bamb

oo ra

t --

Snak

e--

Leop

ard c

at

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Wild

life

Trad

e: A

Com

plex

, Gro

win

g B

usin

ess

Bang

lades

h

Myan

mar Th

ailan

d

Philip

pine

s

Malay

sia

Indo

nesia

Chin

a

Bang

lades

h

Myan

mar Th

ailan

d

Philip

pine

s

Malay

sia

Indo

nesia

Chin

a

Firs

t, fro

m V

iet

Nam

& B

angl

ades

h

Trad

e rou

tes f

orAs

ian fr

eshw

ater

turtl

es

Bang

lades

h

Myan

mar Th

ailan

d

Philip

pine

s

Malay

sia

Indo

nesia

Chin

a

Then

, fro

m M

yanm

ar,

Laos

, & C

ambo

dia

Bang

lades

h

Myan

mar Th

ailan

d

Philip

pine

s

Malay

sia

Indo

nesia

Chin

a

Now,

from

Indo

nesia

& Ma

laysia

•Asia

n fre

shwa

ter t

urtle

ex

ampl

e--

Trad

e is b

oth le

gal a

nd ill

egal

--“F

arme

d”an

imals

likely

from

wild

•Sou

rces

chan

ge o

ver t

ime

--W

ild po

pulat

ions d

eplet

ed--

Trad

ers m

ove t

o othe

r cou

ntries

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Wild

life

Trad

e: A

Com

plex

, Gro

win

g B

usin

ess

Smug

glin

g ro

utes

of

Pang

olin

Trad

e rou

tes: fr

om S

upra

dit K

anwa

nich 2

002.

Kunm

ing

Hano

i

Phno

m P

enh

Bang

kokVi

entia

ne

Mand

alay

•Pan

golin

exam

ple

--Tr

ade i

s ille

gal

•Rou

tes a

re ev

er-c

hang

ing

--Ma

inly b

y lan

d --

Rece

nt se

izure

of 12

0 pan

golin

s,My

anma

r ->

Laos

-> V

iet N

am ->

Chin

a

•New

infra

stru

ctur

e--

Redu

ces t

rans

port

‘costs

’--

Usefu

l for s

treng

thene

d enfo

rceme

nt?

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Gen

eral

Les

sons

Ducks & chickens, Shaanxi, China. M. Gunther, WWF-Canon.

•Mas

sive s

cale

--Lo

ts of

anim

als--

Wild

mixe

d with

dome

stic

--St

ress

ful &

unsa

nitar

y con

dition

s

•Bro

ad sc

ope

--An

imals

& di

seas

es fr

om ar

ound

wor

ld--

Cros

s-spe

cies e

xpos

ure i

n mar

kets

•Reg

ulat

ors o

verw

helm

ed--

Trad

e netw

orks

: wide

& co

mplex

--Ma

ny co

mpeti

ng pr

ioritie

s

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Wild

life

Mar

kets

Are

Hub

s

•Tra

de h

ubs

--Ke

y to A

sia’s

wildl

ife tr

ade

--Mi

x mam

mal, b

ird &

repti

le --

Key p

oint

s for

inte

rven

tion

•Ban

gkok

exam

ple

--On

ly 1/3

bird

s nati

ve

Kunm

ing

Guan

gzho

u/Ho

ng K

ong

Jaka

rta

Beijin

g

Kath

man

du

Bang

kok

Hano

i

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Wild

life

Mar

kets

Are

Hub

s

•Tra

de h

ubs

--Ke

y to A

sia’s

wildl

ife tr

ade

--Mi

x mam

mal, b

ird &

repti

le --

Key p

oint

s for

inte

rven

tion

•Ban

gkok

exam

ple

--On

ly 1/3

bird

s nati

ve

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Wild

life

Mar

kets

Are

Hub

s

•Tra

de h

ubs

--Ke

y to A

sia’s

wildl

ife tr

ade

--Mi

x mam

mal, b

ird &

repti

le --

Key p

oint

s for

inte

rven

tion

•Ban

gkok

exam

ple

--On

ly 1/3

bird

s nati

ve

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Wild

life

Mar

kets

Are

Hub

s

•Tra

de h

ubs

--Ke

y to A

sia’s

wildl

ife tr

ade

--Mi

x mam

mal, b

ird &

repti

le --

Key p

oint

s for

inte

rven

tion

•Ban

gkok

exam

ple

--On

ly 1/3

bird

s nati

ve

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Wild

life

Mar

kets

Are

Hub

s

•Tra

de h

ubs

--Ke

y to A

sia’s

wildl

ife tr

ade

--Mi

x mam

mal, b

ird &

repti

le --

Key p

oint

s for

inte

rven

tion

•Ban

gkok

exam

ple

--On

ly 1/3

bird

s nati

ve

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Wild

life

Mar

kets

Are

Hub

s

•Tra

de h

ubs

--Ke

y to A

sia’s

wildl

ife tr

ade

--Mi

x mam

mal, b

ird &

repti

le --

Key p

oint

s for

inte

rven

tion

•Ban

gkok

exam

ple

--On

ly 1/3

bird

s nati

ve

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Com

mon

Issu

es fo

r Con

serv

atio

n an

d H

ealth

Macaque, Vietnam. http://coombs.anu.edu.au/~vern/wild-trade/captives/captives.html

•Com

mon

nee

ds--

Lega

l trad

e man

aged

--Ille

gal tr

ade e

limina

ted--

Monit

oring

& su

rveilla

nce

--Tim

ely re

spon

se to

issu

es

•Pos

sible

next

step

s--

Reso

lve co

nflict

s (e.g

., Molu

ccan

Coc

katoo

)--

Colla

bora

te on

trad

e con

trol

--Tie

to ne

w inf

rastr

uctur

e dev

elopm

ent

(e.g

., AS

EAN

Actio

n Pl

an fo

r Fau

na &

Flor

a, 2

005-

2010

)

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Sum

mar

yCivet in southern China. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3908790/

•Live

wild

anim

al m

arke

ts …

--La

rge s

cale,

broa

d sco

pe--

Bring

glob

al bio

diver

sity t

o Asia

--

Mix w

ild &

dome

stic a

nimals

--Co

nser

vatio

n man

ager

s ove

rwhe

lmed

•Con

serv

atio

n an

d he

alth

…--

Prop

er re

gulat

ion a

comm

on ne

ed