I have tried for quite some time to understand the pros and cons and I am still not sure what is right and what is not
Certainly the poaching would decrease, at least at the beginning as prices should fall, but in the long run......
In this way the Chinese/Vietnamese would not try to educate their citizens any more, because the pressure from the foreign Governments would cease and probably the demand would raise.......
"Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world." Nelson Mandela The desire for equality must never exceed the demands of knowledge
"Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world." Nelson Mandela The desire for equality must never exceed the demands of knowledge
Because any attempt to overturn the trading ban would require a two-thirds majority of all Cites members, SA would also need to engage with other member nations.
Backing from the EU may be critical, as the bloc holds 27 of the 95 votes required to approve trading.
Molewa also noted that it had taken eight years for SA to win Cites approval a few years back, when it applied to sell off part of its massive stockpile of elephant ivory, which is also banned from international trade.
Private rhino owners would need to declare their horn stockpiles and the cabinet would also need to provide political approval for overturning the ban. Then, Cites would have to appoint a panel of experts to weigh up all the pros and cons – including the possibility that poachers would seek to launder their illegal horns through a new legal trading mechanism.
It is a complex situation The precedent of the ivory trade should be able to teach something, but then again times have changed. My knowledge of the matter is too scarce to discuss it. I can only express a general idea of my own and not a specific one on a very complex problem and that is not good enough.
"Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world." Nelson Mandela The desire for equality must never exceed the demands of knowledge
Johannesburg - South African conservationists have unveiled a plan to sell rhino horns legally and directly to Chinese pharmaceutical companies, The Star reported on Friday.
"Let's try it out for five years and see what impact it has," Ezemvelo KwaZulu-Natal Wildlife's former conservation planning chief Roger Porter said in Durban on Thursday, as the formal proposal was presented to the International Wildlife Management Congress.
He said the horns would be sold in the same way diamonds were sold by the De Beers corporation.
The Star reported the price would be controlled by a central selling organisation, with sales held at OR Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg four times a year.
The money used from horn sales would be used to fund rhino conservation efforts.
More than 270 rhino had been slaughtered for their horns so far this year. Rhino horn is used to make traditional medicine, which is mainly consumed in Asia.
Porter acknowledged the proposal was not a "silver bullet" to halt poaching.
"If it reduces poaching significantly let's carry on with it. But if it doesn't reduce poaching, then stop the sales."
- SAPA
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