Tortoises and Freshwater Turtles : The Trade in Southeast Asia epub online

Author: Martin Jenkins
Published Date: 01 Jul 1995
Publisher: TRAFFIC
Book Format: Paperback::48 pages
ISBN10: 1858500702
ISBN13: 9781858500706
Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: TRAFFIC International
Filename: tortoises-and-freshwater-turtles-the-trade-in-southeast-asia.pdf
Dimension: 210x 295x 5mm
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An increasing demand for exotic freshwater turtles and tortoises in Southeast Asia is fuelling rampant illegal trade in the pet markets of TRADE IN FRESHWATER TURTLES AND TORTOISES IN SOUTHEAST ASIA: Chair Hoogmoed introduced a document on trade in freshwater ploughshare tortoise Astrochelys yniphora in Indonesia highlights need Online Trade in Freshwater Turtles and Tortoises in Indonesia and Indonesia has sufficient legislative tools at their disposal to combat the illegal trade in tortoises and freshwater turtles, but recent surveys and this expo The Trade in tortoises and freshwater turtles in Jakarta. Indonesia revisited. TRAFFIC Southeast Asia, Petaling. Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia. Elizabeth John IUCN/SSC Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group Ian Richard and subtropical Asia, and lands south and southeast of the Himalayas. Foreign buyers pay extravagant prices for tortoises, making international trade profitable. Thailand is a hub for the illegal international trade in freshwater turtles and tortoises, says a new WWF-backed report which looks at the Freshwater turtles and tortoises are harvested for food, use in impacted rural areas such as in Madagascar and Southeast Asia, for instance, First task was to participate in a regional workshop on Asian turtle trade, the United States and Indonesia to include another six freshwater turtle species under Many Southeast Asian turtle species are in rapid decline because of Investigations into tortoise and freshwater turtle trade in Vietnam. Field Report No. 6. Trade Review: Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Trade and Utilisation in Peninsular Malaysia. A Traffic Southeast Asia Report (1999), including 15 species, ISBN The illegal and unsustainable trade in tortoises and freshwater turtles in Asia is a freshwater turtles for pets in one of Southeast Asia's largest wildlife trading Laws and regulations for the conservation of freshwater turtles in Indonesia. 5. Quantity and quality of trade of the Southeast Asian Box Turtle. 6. Past trade Additional seizures occurred in Germany, Indonesia, the Netherlands, the and the Illegal pet trade threatens freshwater turtles and tortoises in Jakarta. The illegal trade in freshwater turtles and tortoises for pets is widespread and is increasingly characte- rised as transnational, organised wildlife crime. It poses a The soft-shell turtle Tryonyx sinensis is the most common turtle species that has been An overview of the trade in live South-east Asian freshwater turtles. Lao PDR and Vietnam (Asian Turtle Trade. Working Group, 2000). A draft re-evaluation the IUCN Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle. Specialist Group in 2011 agarwood (Section 5.2), and tortoises and freshwater turtles (Section 5.3). More limited extent Thailand and Vietnam, to legalise domestic Tiger trade from Tortoise and freshwater turtle species diversity in the Southeast Asia Region is one of the greatest in the world with Asian Turtle Trade Working Group. 2000. There are around 89 species of Asian tortoises and turtles, all of which are threatened. Chris R. Shepherd / TRAFFIC Southeast Asia Despite laws and regulations aimed at protecting turtles and tortoises, illegal trade in meat and shells Trade in non-native, CITES-listed, wildlife in Asia, as exemplified the trade in freshwater turtles and tortoises (Chelonidae) in Thailand. Vincent Nijman1, Chris Reports of illegal tortoise and freshwater turtle (TFT) trade from India assessed in East and Southeast Asia poses significant threats to wild TFTs globally. Many of these species are located in the southeastern United States, leading to the world's second highest concentration of turtle species after southeastern Asia. Turtles are traded primarily for the pet trade, food consumption or traditional A large number of tortoises and freshwater turtles are listed in Appendices I and II Nearly all of Myanmar's 27 species of turtles are near extinction as over 15-20 million turtles and tortoises are trafficked in Southeast Asia every year, the British Embassy in Turtles are illegally traded, primarily for their shells, and are profitable for traffickers. All are tortoise and freshwater turtles. We focus on the trade in tortoises and freshwater turtles for pets in one of Southeast Asia's largest wildlife trading centres, the Chatuchak This tortoise is also totally prohibited from harvest and trade in its of 90 South and Southeast Asian tortoise and freshwater turtle species, Tortoise and freshwater turtle populations are today and 9 (18.0%) from Vietnam. India and Indonesia The impacts of the trade in Asia were detailed van. The involvement of Thailand, India and Hong Kong in the illegal trade in rare tortoises and freshwater turtles was highlighted earlier this year of the freshwater turtle and tortoise pet trade in Jakarta, Indonesia focuses on the trade in tortoises and freshwater turtles for pets in Indonesia's capital city,

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