Impacts of Wildlife Trade to Humans_EN_15Mar10

8/3/2019 Impacts of Wildlife Trade to Humans_EN_15Mar10

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The wildlife trade:

impacts tohumanpopulations


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Hunting wildlife in tropical forests hasbeen occurring for a very long time

at least 40,000 yearsin Asia,

and at least 100,000 years

in Africa.

at least 10,000 yearsin Latin America,


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However, hunting has now become a major threat to many

species for a number of reasons....


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Human populations and demand forwildlife have increased

1950-2008

4.2 billion people(UNDP)


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.forest areas have decreased

13 million hectares lost/year

(FAO)


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remaining forests are more accessible


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hunters now use modern hunting methods


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Hunting has become commercializedHunting has become commercialized.

People used to

hunt mainly tofeed their ownfamilies.

Now wildlife is soldto supply urban

towns and cities


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Vietnam has emergedas an important

country in the globalwildlife trade network

2004-2006: >60,000 hard-shell turtlesimported for re-export to China

10 yr average (1996-2006):Export 15,000 macaques and 150,000

pythons each year

2008: >20 tonnes Pangolins/scalesseized in VN from Indonesia en-route

to China

2005-07: >230 African rhino horns

smuggled into Vietnam

2009: >6 tonnes of ivory seized beingimported from Africa


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Min Trung Vit Nam 2005Hn 200 nh hng phc v 165,000kg/thng = 2 triu kg/nm

Ton Quc (2003): 3kg/ngy

Nguyn (2005): 6.5kg/ngyRoberton & Bell (2007): 27kg/ngy

Lam Dong (2008): 23kg/ngy

Trung bnh = 15kg/ngy/nh hng

t nht 5 nh hng/qun

S qun ca Vit Nam:549S thnh ph ca Vit Nam:5

2770 nh hng41.5 tn/ngy

15,100 tn/nm

Restaurants consume massive amounts of wildlife


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How does illegal and unsustainablewildlife trade affect us though?


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Loss of important protein source forsome rural communities


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Loss of important protein source forsome rural communities


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The unseen threat of disease.


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SARS CoV Civets, bat, raccoon dogs, snakes in wildlife meat markets of

South China all found to carry the SARS virus

50% wildlife traders in one market found to have been infectedby SARS

13% of wild meat handlers (in markets and restaurants) across

the province found to have been infected with SARS

First deaths were of restaurant staff and wildlife traders

HIVOriginated from humans eating

primates in Africa

Brain/Lung worm

Cases in Thailand and Lao from

people eating Monitor Lizards


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Species are goingextinct in Vietnam

as a result of theillegal and

unsustainablehunting and trade


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Why should I care if species go extinct??

Ecosystems provide humans with

many services for a happy,healthy life

E.g. Clean water, clean air,building materials, medicines,food, and protection from

extreme climate events

There are many complexrelationships between plant andanimal species that sustain theseecosystems

Without wild animals the healthof whole ecosystems will decline

The ultimate loser is humansociety


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Why should I care if species go extinct?? Human society and culture have developed alongside a close relationship with wildanimals as far as records go back

Religions, arts, architecture, music have all drawn upon wild animals as a source ofinspiration.

The fate of many of these species now rests in our hands as we are currentlyleading them to extinction with our actions

If we let these animals go extinct its human culture that will ultimately lose


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Lead the change dont sit on the problem


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The future ofV

ietnams wildlife??

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