On Tuesday, UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon said a lot about the wild life and the serious action that they are tending to save those innocent creatures towards the world.
Illegal wildlife trade is not generated to the rule of law ingenerates the ecosystems and relentlessly hampers the efforts of rural communities striving to sustainably manage their natural resources as the intergovernmental organisation which is terminated to the World Wildlife Day.
The UN secretary general in a message said, “Combating this crime is not only essential for conservation efforts and sustainable development; it will contribute to achieving peace and security in troubled regions where conflicts are fuelled by these illegal activities.”
He added, “Getting serious about wildlife crime means enrolling the support of all sections of society involved in the production and consumption of wildlife products, which are widely used as medicines, food, building materials, furniture, cosmetics, clothing and accessories.”
In the case of the UN, as many as 100K African elephants were killed between the years of 2010 and 2012. For forest elephants, the population declined by an estimated 62% between the years of 2002 and 2011. In Asia, poached African ivory may represent an end-user street value of $165 to $188 million.
In accordance with the new figures violated on Tuesday, elephant poaching rates remained almost constant in the year of 2014 when compared to the year of 2013, and still generated up the natural elephant population growth rates, meaning a continued refuse in elephant numbers in general is probable.
In his terminations, the CITS Secretary General John Scanlon said, “Illegal wildlife trade is threatening the survival of some of our most charismatic species, as well as some plants and animals you may have never heard of. And it threatens people, their livelihoods, their safety and security.”
He warned, “The situation is serious, urging the international community to tackle the poaching, transport and consumption of illegally traded wildlife and in so doing use the same sorts of enforcement tools, techniques and penalties used to combat other serious crimes, such as trafficking in drugs or people.”
“Wildlife crime is a transnational organised crime generating billions of dollars and undermining development. It is also an inter-generational crime that can permanently scar the world through the loss of some of our most beautiful creatures. To stop this, we must act now,” said Yury Fedotov, executive director for the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).
The UNDP Administrator Helen Clark said, “World Wildlife Day is an opportunity to celebrate wildlife, but it is also a wake-up call to get serious about wildlife crime. We must all do more to halt the illegal trade in wildlife. UNDP and its partners are committed to this task.”
World Wildlife Day was terminated by the events surrounded by the world. In New York, the Central Park Zoo with a high-level specialist panel argument on the links between wildlife trafficking organised crime and sustainable development. Other places that held around the world were Cairo, Lima, Nairobi, Seoul, Vienna, Geneva, Berlin and Sao Paulo.