I-Japan World Champion in Illegal Ivory Trade

Umhlangano wezizwe ngesonto elizayo e-Lyon we-CITES uzoqaphela ukuthi i-Japan isilele kangakanani ekukhulumeni nemakethe yayo yasekhaya yamazinyo endlovu.

Izinga lemakethe yamazinyo endlovu likhulu, linenqwaba yamathani angama-244, okuhlanganisa amathani ayi-178 amazinyo aphelele abhalisiwe kanye namathani angama-66 ezicucu ezinqunyiwe ezibikwe abadayisi ababhalisiwe, zenza ama-89% azo zonke inqwaba yamazinyo endlovu e-Asia (275.3) amathani) kanye nama-31% ezinqolobane zomhlaba (amathani angama-796), njengoba kumenyezelwe ku-CITES.

Umhlangano wokuqala mathupha kusukela ngowezi-2019 weNgqungquthela ye-UN Yohwebo Lwamazwe Ngamazwe Ngezinhlobo Ezisengcupheni Zokushabalala Zezilwane Nezitshalo Zasendle (CITES) ivula uMsombuluko 7 Mashi eLyon, eFrance. 

I-CITES (Ingqungquthela Yohwebo Lwamazwe Ngamazwe Ngezilwane Ezisengozini Yokushabalala Yezilwane Nezitshalo Zasendle) yisivumelwano samazwe ngamazwe phakathi kohulumeni. Inhloso yawo wukuqinisekisa ukuthi ukuhwebelana kwamazwe ngamazwe ngezibonelo zezilwane zasendle nezitshalo akusongeli ukuphila kwalolu hlobo.

Okulayishiwe ajenda ye-74^thIKomidi Elimisiwe liqukethe izinto ezingama-89 ezihlobene nokuvikelwa kwezinhlobo ezingaphezu kuka-30 nentela yezitshalo nezilwane. 

Abavelele kakhulu phakathi kwabo, njengenjwayelo, kukhona Izindlovu zase-Afrika, okuhlanganisa nezindaba zokuhwebelana bukhoma kwezindlovu, ukuphathwa kwenqwaba yamazinyo endlovu, nokuvalwa kwezimakethe zasekhaya zamazinyo endlovu. 

Isiphakamiso sokuthi kuvalwe izimakethe zasekhaya ezibambe iqhaza ekuzingeleni noma ekuhwebeni okungekho emthethweni samukelwa yiCITES ngo-2016. Izizwe eziningi ezisathenga amazinyo endlovu sezithathe izinyathelo zokucishe zivale izimakethe zazo ezingekho emthethweni.

Izizwe zifaka i-US, China, I-Hong Kong SAR yaseChina, i-UK, i-European Union, ne-Singapore. 

I-Japan isasele iyimakethe evulekile yamazinyo endlovu ebaluleke kakhulu.

 CITES Isinqumo 18.117, eyamukelwa ngo-2019, yayala amazwe “angazange avale izimakethe zawo zasekhaya… ukuthi abike kuNobhala ukuze acutshungulwe yiKomidi Elimisiwe… ukuthi yiziphi izinyathelo abazithathayo ukuze baqinisekise ukuthi izimakethe zabo zasekhaya zezinyo lendlovu azifaki isandla ekuzingeleni ngokungemthetho noma ekuhwebeni ngokungemthetho” . 

Umbiko waseJapane uphendula lesi Sinqumo uthi “ibelokhu isebenzisa izinyathelo eziqinile ukuze iqinisekise ukuthi imakethe yasekhaya yezinyo lendlovu ayifaki isandla ekuzingeleni ngokungemthetho noma ekuhwebeni ngokungemthetho.”

 Kodwa entsha cwaningo ukusuka I-Japan Tiger and Elephant Fund (JTEF) ithola ukuthi lezi zinyathelo eziqinile azikaze zisetshenziswe. 

Ngokocwaningo, izinga lemakethe yamazinyo endlovu likhulu, linenqwaba yamathani angama-244 - u-89% wezinyo lendlovu e-Asia kanye no-31% wezimpahla zomhlaba. 

“Sekuyiminyaka sibhala phansi ukwehluleka kukaHulumeni waseJapan ukulawula ukuhwebelana kwakhe ngamazinyo endlovu okugcwele izintuba futhi uvimbele ukuhwebelana nokuthekelisa okungekho emthethweni,” kusho umqondisi omkhulu we-JTEF uMasayuki Sakamoto. 

"Akukho okushintshile." 

Amalungu Umfelandawonye Wezindlovu wase-Afrika (AEC), amazwe angama-32 ase-Afrika azinikele ekuvikeleni izindlovu zase-Afrika, anxenxe iJapan ukuthi ivale imakethe yayo yamazinyo endlovu iminyaka eminingi. Abamele ohulumeni baseBurkina Faso, Liberia, Niger, kanye neSierra Leone, ezincwadini eziya kuMbusi waseTokyo uYuriko Koike ngoMashi 2021, babhala:

“Ngokombono wethu, ukuvikela izindlovu zethu ekuhwebeni kwamazinyo endlovu kubaluleke kakhulu ukuba kuvalwe imakethe yamazinyo endlovu yaseTokyo, kusale okulinganiselwe kuphela.”

 Futhi manje, njengoba sekusondele ukuvalwa komhlaba wonke kwezimakethe zamazinyo endlovu, i-CITES isihlehlela emuva. 

EKomidini Elimisiwe Idokhumenti 39, iHhovisi likaNobhala lincoma ukuthi iKomidi Elimisiwe “limeme Ingqungquthela Yamaqembu (ezohlangana ngoNovemba) ukuze ivumelane ngokuthi Izinqumo 18.117 kuya ku-18.119 sezisetshenziswe ngokugcwele futhi zingasuswa.” 

Ilungu le-AEC iSenegal liphonsela inselelo umbiko waseJapan futhi liphawula ukungavumelani kwayo nezincomo zeSecretariat emqulwini Inf.18. 

Abakhankasi abavela Isisekelo uFranz Weber, lo UDavid Shepherd Wildlife Foundation, I-Ejensi Yophenyo Lwezemvelo, kanye ne-Japan Tiger and Elephant Fund izoba seLyon inxusa amaqembu e-CITES ukuthi aphikise lesi sincomo ukuze kuvunyelwe ukubika ukuthi kuqhubeke, futhi izophinde ifune ukuthi i-Japan ivale imakethe yayo yezinyo lendlovu.