Otter International Trading Principle Prohibition Final Decision August 28 6:05
At the plenary session of the Conference of the Parties to the Washington Convention in Switzerland, a proposal to ban otter international trade for commercial purposes was approved and finalized.
The Conference of the Parties to the Washington Convention, which regulates international trade in endangered wildlife, was held in Geneva, Switzerland on the 27th before the last day.
In this meeting, proposals prohibiting international trade of Kotsumeka otter and velvet otter, which are also popular as pets in Japan, were issued by India and Nepal, etc. Approved by.
As for otters, smuggling from Southeast Asia to Japan has become a major problem, and international trade is banned in principle.
Also, at this meeting, Kenya and Ethiopia proposed to ban domestic trade on ivory, which is prohibited from international trade under the Washington Convention, while poaching and smuggling has stopped. However, there were many disagreements and the vote was postponed.
Instead, a proposal has been approved that requires a country with a domestic ivory market to report on measures to prevent poaching of African elephants and illegal trade.
On the other hand, Botswana and Namibia, where the number of African elephants is stable, proposed to resume international trading, but were rejected.