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Why is Wildlife Trade Important?

TRAFFIC’s Vision - A world in which trade in wild animals and plants will be managed at sustainable levels without damaging the integrity of ecological systems and in such a manner that it makes a significant contribution to human needs. Why is Wildlife Trade Important?.

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Why is Wildlife Trade Important?

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  1. TRAFFIC’s Vision - A world in which trade in wild animals and plants will be managed at sustainable levels without damaging the integrity of ecological systems and in such a manner that it makes a significant contribution to human needs.

  2. Why is Wildlife Trade Important? • Unsustainable trade threatens the survival of species in the wild. • Wild species provide food, medicine, building materials, fuel, fodder and other basics of human survival. • They also provide an important source of income in many rural and urban areas.

  3. Why do we need sound wildlife trade related legislation?

  4. TRAFFIC East/Southern Africa supports the development of this National Biodiversity Bill and sees it as a crucial step in ensuring that South Africa’s natural resources are used sustainably and that the associated benefits are shared equitably.

  5. Comments on the National Environmental Management Act: Biodiversity Bill • Either the Biodiversity Bill or the NEMA should contain fundamental principles on biodiversity conservation. • Proposed species listing provisions (section 55) should be mandatory rather than discretionary. • Interim measures, related to lists within provincial legislation, should be included.

  6. Comments on the National Environmental Management Act: Biodiversity Bill • As signatories to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), South Africa is obliged to develop CITES implementing legislation. • Part Three of Chapter 4 (trade in listed threatened or protected species) does not satisfy all of the criteria for national CITES implementing legislation.

  7. Comments on the National Environmental Management Act: Biodiversity Bill • South Africa is required to designate a CITES Management Authority (an authority having the power to grant permits, certificates and establish export quotas). This is not currently set out clearly in the Bill and needs to be clarified. • The relationship between CITES‑listed species and ‘listed threatened or protected species’ is unclear. To satisfy the requirements for CITES, the list mentioned in section 55 of the Bill must include all animal and plant species listed in the three CITES Appendices. • The list should also be susceptible to automatic or easy amendment so that future changes in the CITES Appendices are promptly reflected in the legislation.

  8. Contact Details • Markus Burgener TRAFFIC East/Southern Africa Tel: 021 799 8673 Cell: 082 780 9938 E-mail: burgener@nbict.nbi.ac.za Website: www.traffic.org

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