Shirika la Pew Charitable Trusts leo limepongeza hatua ya Mkataba wa Biashara ya Kimataifa ya Wanyama na Mimea Walio Hatarini Kutoweka (CITES) ya kupanua hadi aina nne za papa na aina tisa za miale ya mobula ulinzi wanaohitaji ili kurejesha kutoka kwa idadi ya watu waliopungua.
Biashara ya papa wenye hariri, aina tatu za papa wanaopura na aina tisa ya miale ya mobula sasa itabidi ithibitishwe kuwa endelevu, baada ya zaidi ya theluthi mbili ya serikali wanachama 182 wa CITES katika Mkutano wa 17 wa Vyama vya Siasa (CoP17) mjini Johannesburg, Afrika Kusini, ilikubali kuongeza spishi kwenye Kiambatisho II.
Orodha hizi za ziada mara mbili ya asilimia ya papa wanaotishiwa na biashara ya pezi ambayo sasa inadhibitiwa chini ya mkataba mkuu wa uhifadhi wa wanyamapori duniani. Hatua hii inatoa fursa kwa spishi hizi kupona kutokana na kupungua kwa idadi ya watu kwa zaidi ya asilimia 70 katika safu yao yote kulikosababishwa hasa na biashara ya kimataifa ya mapezi na sahani za gill.
"Kura hii ni hatua kubwa ya kuhakikisha uhai wa viumbe hawa wakubwa wa papa na miale, ambao wanaendelea kuwa katika hatari kubwa zaidi ya kutoweka kwa sababu ya thamani ya mapezi na manyoya yao," alisema Luke Warwick, mkurugenzi wa kampeni ya kimataifa ya kuhifadhi papa. katika The Pew Charitable Trusts. "Wito kutoka kwa idadi iliyoweka rekodi ya serikali kulinda viumbe hawa umejibiwa."
"Tunatazamia kuendelea kwa mafanikio na uratibu wa kimataifa kadiri uorodheshaji unavyotekelezwa," aliongeza Warwick, "na kupongeza CITES kama mlinzi mkuu wa dunia wa papa na miale."
The proposals to add these shark and ray species to Appendix II drew historic levels of support this year. More than 50 countries signed on as cosponsors for one or more of the proposed listings. In the lead-up to CoP17, regional workshops were held around the world, including in the Dominican Republic, Samoa, Senegal, Sri Lanka, and South Africa, which helped build massive backing for the new listings.
Implementation of the landmark 2013 shark and ray Appendix II listings, which for the first time allowed for regulation of five commercially traded shark species, has been heralded as widely successful. Governments around the world have hosted training workshops for customs and environment officials since the 2013 listings went into effect on best practices to create sustainable export limits and customs checks to prevent illegal trade.
“Governments have the blueprint to duplicate and even surpass the implementation successes of the 2013 shark and ray listings,” said Warwick. “We expect an enormous global response to engage and effectively enforce these latest protections, and look forward to the continued growth of a worldwide push towards shark and ray conservation.”
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