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1 | China: Illegal Ivory Trade Ban Gains Online Support | Shina: Nahazo Fanohanana Avy Ao Amin'ny Aterineto Ny Fandraràna Ny Fivarotana Tsy Ara-dalàna Ireo Vangin'elefanta |
2 | Support for a ban on the global illegal ivory trade has been backed recently by Chinese netizens. | Nomen'ireo Sinoa mpampiasa aterineto tosika ny fanohanana ny fandraràna ny fivarotana an-tsokosoko eran-tany ny vangin'elefanta. |
3 | From 2000 to 2011, whilst East Africa was the centre of illegal ivory trafficking, China and Thailand were the major destinations for ivory products. | Ny 2000 ka hatramin'ny 2011, raha Afrika Atsinanana no ivon'ny famoahana an-tsokosoko ireo vangin'elefanta, i Shina sy Thailand kosa no toerana goavana indrindra ivantanan'ireo vokatra azo avy amin'ireo vangy ireo. |
4 | Weak law enforcement and corrupt officials in African countries, as well as rising Chinese consumer demand and permission of legal domestic trade under a control system, still keep trade going. | Ny lalàna marefo sy ireo manampahefana manao kolikoly any amin'ireo firenena Afrikana, ary koa ny tinadin'ny mpanjifa Sinoa izay mitombo hatrany sy ny famelàna ny fivarotana ara-dalàna eo ambany rafitra fanaraha-maso, no mbola mamela ny varotra handeha. |
5 | In July 2012, news about ivory seizures in Thailand and Vietnam hit the headlines worldwide. | Ny Jolay 2012, nahatonga resabe erak'izao tontolo izao ny vaovao momba ny figiazana ireo vangy tany Thailand sy Vietnam. |
6 | The trade peaked in 2009 and remained high until 2011, according to a report published in June 2012 by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), which has banned international trade in elephant ivory since 1989. | Nahatratra ny fara-tampony io fivarotana io tamin'ny 2009 ary nijanona ho avo hatramin'ny 2011, araka ny tatitra iray navoakan'ny Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), na ny Fifanarahana Iraisam-pirenena Momba ny Varotra Karazan-javamaniry sy Biby Tandindonin-doza, tamin'ny Jona 2012, izay nandrara ny varotra iraisam-pirenena ny vangin'elefanta hatramin'ny 1989. |
7 | Just in 2011, 14 large-scale seizures (volumes of 800 kg or above) were reported, which equals the total number in 2009 and 2010, and was the highest since 1989. | Tamin'ny 2011 kosa, figiazana goavana 14 (hadiry 800 kg na mihoatra) no voatatitra, izay mira ny isan'ny tamin'ny 2009 sy ny 2010 natambatra, ary io no avo indrindra hatramin'ny 1989. |
8 | Eight African elephant range states, and four Asian elephant range states have never submitted any elephant product seizure records. | Tsy mbola namoaka tatitra figiazana ireo vokatra azo avy amin'ny elefanta mihitsy ireo fanjakana Afrikana valo ahitàna Elefanta, sy firenena Aziatika efatra ahitàna Elefanta. |
9 | As salon.com reports, seizures cannot deter syndicates from smuggling, as arrests of the heads of smuggling gangs are rare. | Araka ny tatitry ny salon.com, tsy mahavita mampihemotra ireo sendikan'ireo mpanondrana an-tsokosoko ireo figiazana ireo, satria vitsy dia vitsy ny fisamborana ny lohan'ireo andian-jiolahy mpanondrana an-tsokosoko ireo. |
10 | Chinese weibo users urge ban | Mamporisika amin'ny fandraràna izany ireo Sinoa mpampiasa ny weibo |
11 | On Chinese microblogging site Weibo, the ban on the ivory trade is a hot issue, especially since popular Taiwan artist Chan Chien-chou uploaded [zh] a picture of a seriously injured elephant lying on the floor after its ivory was removed by poachers: | Ao anatin'ny Weibo, vohikala Sinoa fitoraham-bilaogy bitika , olana iray goavana ny fandraràna ny fivarotana vangin'elefanta, indrindra hatramin'ny namoahan'ilay mpanakanto avy ao Taiwan Chan Chien-chou [zh] sarinà elefanta iray naratra mafy mandry amin'ny tany taorian'ny nanalan'ireo mpihaza an-tsokosoko ny vanginy: |
12 | Please don't buy ivory…no trade, no killings!!! | Miangavy anareo tsy hividy vangin'elefanta…tsia ho an'ny famarotana, tsia ho an'ny famonoana!!! |
13 | Taiwan artist Chan Chien-chou uploaded on Sina Weibo a picture of an injured elephant lying on the floor after its ivory was removed by poachers. | Namoaka sarinà elefanta maratra mandry amin'ny tany taorian'ny nanalan'ireo mpihaza an-tsokosoko ny vanginy tao amin'ny vohikala Sina Weibo ilay mpanakanto avy ao Taiwan Chan Chien-chou. |
14 | Image source: Ronald Yick. | Loharanon-tsary : Ronald Yick. |
15 | Below are some comments by Weibo users: | Ireto ambany ireto misy tsikera vitsivitsy avy amin'ireo mpampiasa ny Weibo: |
16 | 把您的妖娆留给西门庆: Please don't buy ivory…no trade, no killings…They are friends of human beings…After seeing their sincerity and tenderness…will you still kill them? | 把您的妖娆留给西门庆: Miangavy anao tsy hividy vangin'elefanta…tsia ho an'ny famarotana, tsia ho an'ny famonoana…Naman'ny olombelona izy ireny…Taorian'ny fahitana ny fahatsoram-pony sy ny fahamatorany…mbola hamono azy ireo ihany ve ianao? |
17 | Your wish to own beautiful things will take their lives away! | Hanaisotra ny ainy ny fitiavanao hanana zavatra tsara! |
18 | 果断--潘子 : So horrible, stop buying [ivory]. | 果断--潘子 : Tena mampihorohoro, atsaharo ny fividiananao [vangin'elefanta]. |
19 | Without market demand, there will be no more production. | Rehefa tsy misy tinady eo amin'ny tsena, tsy hisy vokatra intsony. |
20 | 湘潭大学学生微博: It's awful! | 湘潭大学学生微博: Maharikoriko izany! |
21 | Don't know why you [the poachers] can do this! | Tsy fantatro hoe ahoana no ahafahanareo [mpihaza an-tsokosoko] manao izao! |
22 | No market, no killings! | Tsia ho an'ny tsena, tsy ho an'ny famonoana! |
23 | Say no to ivory! | Sahia manao tsia amin'ny vangin'elefanta! |
24 | Another user, Sherry in Africa [zh] , who lives in Lagos, Nigeria, posted a thread highlighting the simple fact that African people know the desire of Chinese people to have products made from endangered animals: | Mpampiasa iray hafa, Sherry in Africa [zh] , izay miaina any Lagos, Nizeria, namoaka resaka mitohy manasongadina ny fahafantaran'ny vahoaka Afrikana ny filan'ny Shinoa hanana vokatra avy amin'ireo biby ho tandindonin-doza: |
25 | …Only Chinese eat these kinds of [wildlife] animals, buy ivories, rhino horns. | …Ny Shinoa irery ihany no mihinana ireny karazana biby [an'ala] ireny, mividy vangin'elefanta, tandrokanà rhino. |
26 | Even African people in the market can speak Chinese: “Do you want ivory?” | Na ny vahoaka Afrikana any an-tsena aza mahay miteny Shinoa : “Mila vangin'elefanta ve ianao?” |
27 | Kenya: Ivory source and transit point | Kenya: Loharanonà vangin'elefanta sady toerana fandalovana |
28 | On July 20, 2012, the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW), an international non-governmental organization aiming to protect wildlife, pointed out that Kenya is both an source of illegal ivory and a transit point from Africa to Asia. | Ny 20 Jolay 2012, ny Tahirim-bola Iraisam-pirenena Ho Fiarovana Ny Biby, International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW), fikambanana iraisam-pirenena iray tsy miankina amin'ny fanjakana, mikatsaka ny hiaro ny zava-manan'aina anaty ala, nilaza fa sady loharanonà vangin'elefanta i Kenya no toerana iray fandalovana avy any Afrika mankany Azia. |
29 | IFAW Eastern Africa Regional Director James Isiche believes the cases discovered are just the tip of the iceberg and blames Kenya authorities: | Ny Talem-paritry ny IFAW ao Afrika Atsinanana, James Isiche dia mino fa ny tendron'ny ranomandry fotsiny ihany ireo raharaha afa-drakotra ireo ary manome tsiny ireo manam-pahefana Kenyana ny tenany: |
30 | Incidences of elephant poaching are on the rise in Kenya, and it is now emerging that the country is not only a source of illegal ivory, but has also become one of the smuggling route of choice for traffickers […] While Kenyan authorities have in the past done a commendable job in impounding ivory at various exit points in the country, the trend of seizures in the last one and half years is worrying. | Miakatra ireo tranganà fihazàna tsy ara-dalàna ny elefanta any Kenya, ary ankehitriny dia hita fa tsy loharanonà fanondranana vangin'elefanta tsy ara-dalàna ihany ny firenena, fa sady lasa iray amin'ireo làlana iray safidian'ireo mpanondrana hampidirany ny vokatra […] Raha nanao asa mendri-piderana tamin'ny fampidirana “fourrière” ireo vangin'elefanta ireo tany amin'ireo toerana samihafa fivoahana ny firenena ireo manam-pahefana Kenyana taloha, mampiahiahy izany fironana hanagiha izany tao anatin'ny herintaona sy tapany farany. |
31 | There is need and urgency for all authorities in Kenya and other elephant range states to protect elephants from poachers as well as to seal off these routes to deter criminal gangs involved in this vice. | Ilaina ary maika dia maika ny fiarovan'ireo manam-pahefana rehetra any Kenya sy any amin'ireo fanjakana hafa manana elefanta azy ireo amin'ny mpihaza tsy manara-dalàna hatramin'ny fanidiana ireo làlana ireo mba hampiverin-dàlana ny jiolahy voarohirohy anatin'ity habibiana ity. |
32 | From ban to ‘regulated control' of trade? | Miala amin'ny fandraràna mankany amin'ny ‘fanaraha-maso ara-dalàna' ny varotra? |
33 | The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES), realizing the increasing demand will make banning efforts useless, has started discussing regulation of ivory trade. | Nanomboka niresaka ny famadihana ny fivarotana vangin'elefanta ho ara-dalàna ny Fifanarahana Iraisam-pirenena Momba ny Varotra Karazana Tandindonin-doza (CITES), izay mahatsapa fa tsy hampisy vokany ireo hetsika fandraràna ny fitomboan'ny tinady. |
34 | The organization proposes to establish a Central Ivory Selling Organisation (CISO) [pdf] which would ‘gain control of the market' and only trade ivory from elephants that die naturally. | Manome sosokevitra ny amin'ny hananganana Foibe Mifototra amin'ny Fivarotana Vangin'elefanta, Central Ivory Selling Organisation (CISO) [pdf] io fikambanana io, izay ‘hifehy ny varotra' ary hivarotra ireo vangy nalaina avy amin'ireo elefanta maty ara-dalàna fotsiny ihany. |
35 | The revenue is to be reinvested in protection and conservation. | Ny vola azo amin'izany dia harotsaka amin'ny fiarovana sy ny fitehirizana azy ireo. |
36 | Such suggestions face severe criticism from conservation groups such as the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA). | Ny sosokevitra tahaka izany dia niatrika tsikera mafy avy amin'ireo vondrona mpitahiry tahaka ny Masoivoho Mpanadihady ny Tontolo Iainana (EIA). |
37 | Executive Director Mary Rice has raised deep concerns: | Naneho ny ahiahiny mafy ny Tale Mpanatanteraka Mary Rice: |
38 | EIA remains deeply concerned that any more ‘legal' sales - or discussion of ‘legal' sales - of ivory will further stimulate the ivory market, supporting the perception that international trade has resumed and increasing demand for illegal ivory. | Manahy mafy ny EIA fa ireo fivarotana ‘ara-dalàna' ireo - na ny adihevitra mikasika ny fivarotana ‘ara-dalàna' - ny vangin'elefanta dia vao mainka hanentana hatrany ny varotra vangin'elefanta, manohana ny fijery hoe mamerina sy mampitombo ny tinady vangin'elefanta tsy ara-dalàna indray ny fivarotana iraisam-pirenena. |
39 | EIA rejects CITES' proposal and instead calls for an independent review of the enforcement gaps that have led to the failure of the current ivory trade system, such as corruption and laundering mechanisms of illegal trade. | Mandà ny sosokevitry ny CITES ny EIA ary manoloana izay aza dia miantso ny fandinihana tsy miankina amin'ny fanamafisana ireo tsy fahampiana izay nitarika ny tsy fahombiazan'ilay rafitra fivarotana vangin'elefanta efa misy ankehitrny, toy ny kolikoly sy ny fandiovana ny rafitra fivarotana an-tsokosoko. |