Saturday, April 01, 2006
CITES acknowledges pressure on illegal orangutan smuggling
Yesterday CITES (the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora) commented for the first time on illegal trade in orangutans. Though not mentioning it by name, the concern over the smuggled orangutans in Thailand has been brought to their attention. See the statement here: http://www.cites.org/eng/news/sundry/2006/orang_utans.shtml
Pretty non-commital stuff though, and the chance remains to keep e-mailing Secretary General Mr. Willem Wijnstekers and demand more transparency: to simply ask him this time, "What is CITES trying to conceal regarding these orangutans, and are you concerned at the effect this is having on thereputation of CITES?" cites@unep.ch
Pretty non-commital stuff though, and the chance remains to keep e-mailing Secretary General Mr. Willem Wijnstekers and demand more transparency: to simply ask him this time, "What is CITES trying to conceal regarding these orangutans, and are you concerned at the effect this is having on thereputation of CITES?" cites@unep.ch
# posted by Neil @ 12:11 pm 
