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"Mr President, I very much welcome the need to enhance wildlife law enforcement and to give serious organised wildlife crimes the same level of penalty as human trafficking, weapons trafficking or drug running. To do this, we must of course increase support for range states in order to help them fight organised poaching and trafficking, and in order actively to promote campaigns which aim to blacklist illegal products.
However, I must stress that whilst the resolution has merit and mentions a great many important issues, I feel that, due to the clash with the Christmas break, colleagues have been denied a proper debate on this subject. I understand that IUCN has written to all the political groups asking for a delay in order for more time to be given to this important issue. However, this request was not accepted, resulting in an inaccurate and hurried resolution. I hope that, at this late stage, colleagues will call for the correction of some of the factual inaccuracies in the resolution, such as figures quoted for the global value of wildlife crime, and especially for the resolution to be broadened to consider issues related to the role of local communities and incentives for local people to value wildlife and support anti-wildlife crime efforts.
The wording of this resolution gives the wrong impression that all wildlife trade is harmful to conservation, without recognising that much wildlife trade – which includes timber, fish and plants used in cosmetics and healthcare – forms a vital component of local livelihood strategies, particularly for poor rural people. Much of this is also sustainable. The resolution ignores the role that well-managed sustainable use and trade can play in promoting effective wildlife conservation and species recovery."@en1
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