Jury Fränkel's Rauchwaren-Handbuch

10. überarbeitete und ergänzte Auflage. 480 S., s/w illustriert. Verlag Rifra Murrhardt

Inhalt:

Diese letzte Ausgabe des Rauchwaren-Handbuchs enthält kaum noch Texte, die von Jury Fränkel, einem in Moskau geborenen deutschstämmigen, jüdischen Pelzhändler und Schriftsteller (1899-1971) verfasst wurden. Es stellt die einzelnen Pelztierarten und deren Felle dar, enthält Verbreitungs- bzw. Provenienzkarten, Texte der damals gültigen gesetzlichen Vorschriften, Informationen über den Aufbau des Haarkleids, die Haltbarkeit von Pelzwerk, das Sortiment der Felle, Rauchwaren-Auktionen, Materialverbrauch für Pelzbekleidung, den Zolltarif, Fachausdrücke etc.

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Der englische Name des am 3. März 1973 in Washington D. C. abgeschlossenen und am 22. Juni 1979 in Bonn sowie am 30. April 1983 in Gaborone abgeschlossenen Staatsvertrag lautet Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, zu Deutsch Übereinkommen über den internationalen Handel mit gefährdeten Arten freilebender Tiere und Pflanzen. Das im deutschen Sprachraum oft als "Washingtoner Artenschutzübereinkommen" bezeichnete Abkommen trat für die ersten zehn Vertragsstaaten, darunter die Schweiz, am 1. Juli 1975 in Kraft, für die Bundesrepublik Deutschland am 20. Juni 1976, für Liechtenstein formell am 28.02.1980 (faktisch bereits 1975 gleichzeitig mit der Schweiz), für Österreich am 27. April 1982 und für Luxemburg am 12.03.1984. Derzeit (2022) sind ihm 184 Staaten angeschlossen.

Die Schweiz ist Verwahrregierung. Das Generalsekretariat (https://cites.org/eng) befand sich ursprünglich in Morges, danach in Lausanne und gegenwärtig in Genf Alle zwei Jahre findet eine Tagung der Vertragsstaatenkonferenz statt, auf der u.a. die Anhänge der erfassten Arten geändert, das Budget genehmigt  und Empfehlungen zum Vollzug gemacht werden. Gegen Aenderungen der Anhänge kann innert 90 Tagen ein Vorbehalt eingelegt werden. Verschiedene Ständige Komitees nehmen bestimmte Aufgaben auch zwischen den Tagungen wahr.

Das Uebereinkommen bezweckt, den internationalen Handel mit lebenden und toten "Exemplaren" von unmittelbar bedrohten Tier- und Pflanzenarten zu unterbinden und jene mit "Exemplaren" potentiell gefährdeter Arten einer Kontrolle zu unterwerfen. Als "Exemplare" gelten
 jedes lebende oder tote Tier (bzw. Pflanze) und jeder ohne weiteres erkennbare Teil oder jedes ohne weiteres erkennbare Erzeugnis aus einem Tier (bzw. einer Pflanze), wie z.B. Felle, Reptilhäute, Pelzmäntel, Reptillederwaren, Elfenbein, Stopfpräparate, Jagdtrophäen, Souvenirs aus Schildkrötenpanzern.

Die als bedroht geltenden Arten sind in Anhang I aufgeführt. Der gewerbliche Handel mit Exemplaren von Anhang I-Arten ist verboten. Ausnahmen sind u.a. Vorerwerb oder Nachzuchten. Für den nicht gewerblichen Handel ist eine Ausfuhrbewilligung des Ursprungslandes und eine Einfuhrbewilligung des Einfuhrlandes vorgeschrieben.

Die potentiell gefährdeten Arten und solche Arten, die mit jenen des Anhangs I verwechselt werden könnten, figurieren in Anhang II. Der gewerbliche Handel mit Exemplaren dieser Arten ist erlaubt, sofern eine Ausfuhrbewilligung des Ursprungslandes vorliegt.

In Anhang III aufgeführt sind Arten, die eine Ausfuhrbewilligung benötigen, wenn sie aus bestimmten Ländern (d. h. jenen, die sie für Anhang III angemeldet haben) ausgeführt werden. Sonst braucht es ein Ursprungszeugnis.

Erfolgt der Handel über ein Drittland, muss eine Wiederausfuhrbescheinigung ausgestellt werden, welche sich auf die Ausfuhrbewilligung des Ursprungslandes abstützt.

Das Uebereinkommen verpflichtet die Staaten, wissenschaftliche und Vollzugsbehörden für die Zwecke des Uebereinkommens zu bezeichnen und Massnahmen zur Verhinderung eines illegalen Handels zu treffen. Dem Sekretariat mssen Jahresberichte über den Vollzug abgegeben werden.

Für das Ausstellen von Genehmigungen und Bescheinigungen zuständig sind in

• Deutschland:
  Bundesamt für Naturschutz
  Konstantinstrasse 110
  D-53179 Bonn
  Website: http://www.bfn.de


• Österreich:
  Bundesministerium für Klimaschutz, Umwelt, Energie, Mobilität, Innovation und Technologie
  Abt. V/10 – Nationalparks, Natur- und Artenschutz
  Stubenbastei 5<
  A-1010 Wien
  Website: https://www.bmk.gv.at/themen/klima_umwelt/naturschutz/artenhandel/


• Schweiz und Liechtenstein:
  Bundesamt für Lebensmittelsicherheit und Veterinärwesen (BLV)
  Schwarzenburgstr. 155
  3003 BernWebsite: http://www.cites.ch

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The great turtle rescue.

ZOOQUARIA 107:  22-23.

Aus dem Inhalt: 

On 11 December 2001, during a joint operation of the Customs Ship Search and Cargo Command and the Agriculture Fisheries and Conservation Department,  about 10,000 live South East Asiatic turtles were seized in Hong Kong. The shipment, originally destined for the Chinese food market, had an estimated market value of $3.2 million. The conservation and scientific value of the confiscated animals, as well as the ethical aspects of the situation, were enormous, and incalculable in monetary terms. Turtles were placed at Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden in Hong Kong. It was an incredible job to take care of such a quantity of mostly damaged, wounded and ill turtles. The wider international cooperation proved to be essential in reducing at least in part the suffering of the turtles. EAZA’s swift reaction and the international rescue that followed were exemplary. The superb cooperation between the Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden, TSA and EAZA – namely the EAZA Executive Office, ARTAG, Rotterdam Zoo and 26 other zoos in 11 countries – resulted in the successful import of 988 turtles (285 Cuora amboinensis, 126 Orlitia borneensis, 283 Heosemys spinosa, 90 Heosemys grandis, 204 Siebenrockiells crassicollis) and their consequent housing in individual zoos. During the rescue operation, which attracted a huge amount of publicity and media coverage, EAZA demonstrated its ability to carry out a complicated international operation with speed and efficiency, and we can be rightly proud of that.

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International Transport of Live Fish in the Ornamental Aquatic Industry.

126 Seiten, mit zahlreichen Farbfotos, Tabelle und Grafiken.

Ornamental Fish International, Maarssen NL. ISBN: 978-90-75352-70-2. Mittlerweile ist eine 2, erweiterte Auflage verfügbar.

Contents:

All aspects of transporting ornamental fishes are discussed, including the supply chain, the preparation for shipment, fish packaging and treatment on arrival, the volume of trade, the legislation on import and export, as well as facts on mortalities due to transport.

Review  of  non-CITES  reptiles that are known or likely to be in international trade.

A Report to the European Commission.
86 Seiten. UNEP-WCMC, Cambridge.

Einleitung:

This report was conducted in order to identify reptile species which are currently not listed in CITES or the EU Wildlife Trade Regulations, but for which there is evidence of international trade, drawing attention particularly to species which are globally threatened and/or appear to be commonly in trade within the European  Union. Based  on  a  survey  of  24  websites offering reptiles for sale within the EU, 75 species were identified as being commonly in trade (advertised  on  five  or  more  websites) and a further 14 species were less common in trade (advertised on fewer than five websites) but were considered globally threatened in the IUCN Red  List.  In-depth  reviews  were conducted for ten species. The remaining species may besuitable for in-depth reviews in subsequent reports. This work follows-on from two reports on trade in non-CITES amphibians. The first report, a document for SRG 42, provided an overall analysis of amphibian species that are not listed in CITES but for which regional or international trade was considered to be a major threat in the 2007 IUCN  Red  List;  in-depth  reviews were undertaken for 13 species. The second report, SRG 46/8, included in-depth reviews for a further 20 species.

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International Trade in the Blue Tree Monitor Lizard Varanus macraei.

Biawak, 9(2), pp. 50-57
© 2015 by International Varanid Interest Group

Abstract:

Using Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) trade statistics derived from the CITES Trade Database (UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre, Cambridge, UK), published literature and anecdotal information from the internet, the wildlife trade in Varanus macraei is described. The lizard is a high value pet commodity and although it is traded in relatively small numbers, virtually all trade appears to be of animals harvested directly from the wild population on Batanta Island, Indonesia. Export data suggests an extraction rate of over 6.6 individuals per km² over a decade, with a total value of between US $1-2 million. Trade to some countries including Russia, Taiwan and Ukraine is underestimated or omitted by import data. Overall trade in the species is increasing and prices have remained high despite captive breeding events in Europe and the United States, with captive bred animals representing less than 1% of worldwide trade. 

Conservation Status of Freshwater Turtles in Papua New Guinea.

Asian Turtle Trade: Proceedings of a Workshop on Conservation and Trade of Freshwater Turtles and Tortoises in Asia
P.P. van Dijk, B.L. Stuart, and A.G.J. Rhodin, Eds.
Chelonian Research Monographs 2:129–136

General Comments:

Trade in turtles from PNG is strictly regulated by law as proscribed by the Fauna (Protection and Control) Act (Parker, 1981) (this Act is currently in the process of being amended). Papua New Guinea is also a CITES signatory since 1975. All exports of all turtles require permits to be issued by the Conservator of Fauna (currently the Dept. of Environment and Conservation). No turtles are listed by PNG as Protected Species, which would limit legal permitted export to at most 4 animals to legitimate approved zoological institutions. However, all marine turtles and two freshwater turtles, C. insculpta and P. bibroni are listed as Restricted Species, with narrow guidelines limiting any legal export to only a few animals for legitimate scientific purposes. The rest of the non-protected and non-restricted turtle species may be exported only with issued export permits, and then only for approved legitimate scientific and zoological purposes. Export of curios incorporating wildlife parts (e.g., turtle shell masks) also requires export permits.

At least on paper, PNG protects its wildlife and turtle resources fervently from export, with proper concern for their continued utilization at the local level by the native population. Unfortunately, control and enforcement of these regulations is badly lacking, and very few export permits for turtles are actually issued. A search of permits issued during the last 3 years yielded evidence of only a single specimen of E. subglobosa exported to Hawaii in 1996. Permits were also previously obtained in 1987 for export of one C. novaeguineae (actually C. pritchardi), and in 1977 for a few specimens each of C. siebenrocki, C. novaeguineae, E. subglobosa, and E. novaeguineae, with only one specimen each of C. insculpta and P. bibroni (AGJR, pers. obs.).

Trade in New Guinea turtles at present appears to be restricted primarily to the international exotic pet industry. There appear to be significant levels of illegal export trade along the southern PNG – Irian border, as described above for the different species traded along this route. Some of this trade may pass through Daru, an off-shore regional port and air facility with a long history of illegal wildlife trade and also a major regional market for the sale of marine turtle meat. No similar trade appears to occur along the northern PNG – Irian border. The reasons for the difference reflect the higher levels of border control present along the northern border. Illegal export via air or ship from major ports such as Port Moresby probably also occurs, especially for vulnerable species like C. pritchardi which occurs close to Port Moresby. The Dept. of Environment and Conservation has inadequate manpower and resources to inspect and control these probable avenues of illegal trade.

As mentioned above for E. novaeguineae, the international food trade does not yet appear to have significantly impacted populations of turtles in New Guinea. However, as populations of heavily traded species in southeast Asia are depleted, the export routes for the pet trade currently emanating from New Guinea will probably convert and begin to trade increasing amounts of turtles primarily for the food trade. If the freshwater turtle fauna of Papua New Guinea is to continue to survive as a viable and sustainable resource base for utilization by the native population, and if we are to avoid the consumption of this resource in international exotic pet and food markets, then stricter adherence to existing laws and necessary control and inspection at probable export sites needs urgently to be implemented.

Estimating the global trade in Southeast Asian newts.

Biological Conservation 199: 96-100. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2016.05.001

Abstract:

The global trade in amphibians is widespread, involves hundreds of species, and has been implicated in amphibian population declines. The pet trade is the primary driver for population declines in one Southeast Asian newt species (Laotriton laoensis), and is a known threat tomost of the 13 other knownspecies fromthe region. Despite this, there has been little attempt to assess the impact of collection for the pet trade on Southeast Asian newts.We examined available import data from the US, Europe and Hong Kong, assessed current online trade and surveyed local pet traders within Southeast Asia. Large numbers of Southeast Asian newts are harvested from the wild to meet the demands of the international pet trade, with more than 7500 individual newts imported into the US alone during 2005–2014. Internet trade surveys revealed the global extent of the trade, with Southeast Asian newts for sale as pets in 15 countries throughout Europe, Asia and North America, at between ~ USD30–260 each. The trade in newts within Southeast Asia appears negligible in comparison. Urgent measures are required in order to conserve Southeast Asian newts but the lack of data on the species and number of individuals impacted by the pet trade makes it difficult to monitor and accurately assess its threat. We strongly recommend that all Southeast Asian newts be listed on CITES. This measure should improve monitoring of trade and provides importing countries opportunity to curb trade in species that were illegally harvested, thus helping to safeguard wild populations.