Air Canada iyaziqhenya ngokumemezela namuhla ukuthi ifinyelele ngempumelelo Inhlangano Yezindiza Yezindiza Yomhlaba Wonke (IATA) Ukuqinisekiswa okungekho emthethweni kwe-Wildlife Trade (IWT). Sethulwe ngonyaka owedlule yi-IATA, isitifiketi se-IWT sifaka izibopho eziyi-11 ze-United for Wildlife (UFW) iBuckingham Palace Declaration yezindiza ezindiza ngokuhweba ukuhweba ngezilwane zasendle ezingekho emthethweni.

Njengomphathi womhlaba wonke, i-Air Canada ingadlala indima ebonakalayo ekusizeni ukuvimbela umthelela omubi wokuhweba ngokungemthetho kwezilwane zasendle. Inkampani yezindiza muva nje isayine iSimemezelo saseBuckingham Palace futhi yize kube nokuphazamiseka konyaka we-2020, i-Air Canada Cargo isungule futhi yasungula izilawuli nezinqubo zokunciphisa amathuba okuhambisa izilwane zasendle ezingekho emthethweni nemikhiqizo yezilwane zasendle engekho emthethweni.

"Siyaziqhenya ngokuba yinkampani yezindiza yokuqala eNyakatho Melika ukufeza leli zinga lemboni ngokuthatha izinyathelo ezibambekayo ekulweni nokushushumbiswa kwezilwane zasendle ngokungemthetho, njengengxenye yomzamo womhlaba wonke wokusiza ukulondolozwa kwezilwane zasendle kanye nezinhlobonhlobo zezinto eziphilayo," kusho uCalin Rovinescu, uMongameli kanye noChief Isikhulu Esiphezulu se-Air Canada. “I-Air Canada isalokhu izibophezele ekusebenziseni ibhizinisi layo ngendlela esimeme, enesibopho futhi enesimilo, futhi izinikele ekuvimbeleni ukushushumbiswa kwezilwane zasendle kanye nokuqwashisa ngodaba nemiphumela yalo. Silangazelele ukusebenzisana nababambiqhaza abakhulu nezinhlangano zokongiwa kwemvelo ukuze siqhubeke nokulwa nokushushumbiswa kwezilwane zasendle ngokungemthetho. ”

Kulinganiselwa ukuthi ukuhwebelana kwezilwane zasendle okungekho emthethweni emhlabeni wonke kubiza phakathi kwamaRandi ayizigidi eziyisi-7 kuya kweziyizigidi ezingama-23, futhi lokhu kuhweba okubi kuthinta izinhlobo ezingaphezu kuka-7,000 minyaka yonke.

Ukuzibophezela eSimemezelweni Sesigodlo SaseBuckingham kufaka:

Ukwamukela inqubomgomo yokungabekezeleli okuphathelene nokuhweba ngokungemthetho kwezilwane zasendle.
Ukwenza ngcono amandla embonini yokwabelana ngolwazi mayelana nezinto ezingekho emthethweni.
Ukukhuthaza amalungu amaningi emkhakheni wezokuthutha ukusayina.

Zonke lezi zinyathelo zenzelwe ukuthi kube nzima kubazingeli abazingeli kanye nabanye ukuthumela imikhiqizo yabo engekho emthethweni ezimakethe lapho zingathengiselwa khona ukuthola inzuzo. Ukulondolozwa kwezilwane zasendle nokulondolozwa kwezinto eziphilayo akuzona zodwa izindawo ezithintwe ukuhweba okungekho emthethweni kwezilwane zasendle. Ukushushumbiswa kwezilwane zasendle kudlula ukuhlolwa kwezempilo emingceleni futhi kuveza usongo lokudluliselwa kwezifo kuzo zombili izilwane nabantu.

"Kukhona ukuxhumana phakathi kokuphathwa kwezilwane zasendle, ukuthi zingasabalalisa kanjani izifo ze-zoonotic, nokuthi kwenzeka kanjani ukuthi sibe namandla okuba nobhadane emhlabeni," kusho uTeresa Ehman, uMqondisi Omkhulu Wezemvelo e-Air Canada.

Imodyuli ye-IWT yathuthukiswa ngokusekelwa yi-USAID Yehlisa Amathuba Wokuthutha Okungekho Emthethweni Kwezinhlobo Ezisengozini Yokushabalala (ROUTES) Partnership futhi iyingxenye ye-IATA Environmental Assessment (IEnvA), ebandakanya inqubo yokuqinisekisa izitebhisi ezimbili, zombili ezitholwe yi-Air Canada. IEnvA wuhlelo olwenzelwe ngqo umkhakha wezindiza futhi lukhombisa ukulingana ne-ISO 14001: 2015 standard management systems standard.

Ukuphepha kwezilwane nenhlalakahle bekulokhu kuyinhliziyo yokukhathazeka kwemvelo kwe-Air Canada. Ngo-2018, i-Air Canada Cargo yaba yinkampani yezindiza yokuqala ukufeza isitifiketi se-IATA CEIV Live Animals, ehlangabezana namazinga aphakeme kakhulu ekuthuthweni kwezilwane eziphilayo. I-Air Canada nayo inenqubomgomo yokungathwali noma yikuphi ukuthunyelwa kwezingonyama, ingwe, indlovu, obhejane kanye nezindebe zenyathi yamanzi emhlabeni jikelele njengezimpahla, noma izimbongolo ezingezona ezabantu ezihloselwe ucwaningo lwelabhoratri kanye / noma izinhloso zokuhlola, ngaphezu kokuzibophezela kwayo ekuvikeleni izilwane zasendle ezisengozini ngokuhambisana neSivumelwano Sokuhwebelana Kwamazwe Ngamazwe Ngezilwane Ezisengozini Yokushabalala (i-CITES) Yezilwane Zasendle Nezimbali.

LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:

I-Air Canada nayo inenqubomgomo yokungathwali noma yikuphi ukuthunyelwa kwezingonyama, ingwe, indlovu, obhejane kanye nezindebe zenyathi yamanzi emhlabeni wonke njengezimpahla, noma izimbongolo ezingezona ezabantu ezihloselwe ucwaningo lwelabhoratri kanye / noma izinjongo zokuhlola, ngaphezu kokuzibophezela kwayo ekuvikeleni izilwane zasendle ezisengozini ngokuya ngesivumelwano se-International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) se-Wild Fauna and Flora.
The airline recently signed the Buckingham Palace Declaration and despite the disruptions of 2020, Air Canada Cargo has developed and introduced controls and procedures to reduce the likelihood of transporting illegal wildlife and illegal wildlife products.
“We are proud to be the first airline in North America to achieve this industry standard by taking concrete steps in the fight against illegal wildlife trafficking, as part of a global effort to help conserve wildlife and biodiversity,”.