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The wildlife trade:
impacts tohumanpopulations
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Hunting wildlife in tropical forests hasbeen occurring for a very long time
at least 40,000 yearsin Asia,
and at least 100,000 years
in Africa.
at least 10,000 yearsin Latin America,
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However, hunting has now become a major threat to many
species for a number of reasons....
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Human populations and demand forwildlife have increased
1950-2008
4.2 billion people(UNDP)
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.forest areas have decreased
13 million hectares lost/year
(FAO)
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remaining forests are more accessible
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hunters now use modern hunting methods
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Hunting has become commercializedHunting has become commercialized.
People used to
hunt mainly tofeed their ownfamilies.
Now wildlife is soldto supply urban
towns and cities
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Vietnam has emergedas an important
country in the globalwildlife trade network
2004-2006: >60,000 hard-shell turtlesimported for re-export to China
10 yr average (1996-2006):Export 15,000 macaques and 150,000
pythons each year
2008: >20 tonnes Pangolins/scalesseized in VN from Indonesia en-route
to China
2005-07: >230 African rhino horns
smuggled into Vietnam
2009: >6 tonnes of ivory seized beingimported from Africa
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Min Trung Vit Nam 2005Hn 200 nh hng phc v 165,000kg/thng = 2 triu kg/nm
Ton Quc (2003): 3kg/ngy
Nguyn (2005): 6.5kg/ngyRoberton & Bell (2007): 27kg/ngy
Lam Dong (2008): 23kg/ngy
Trung bnh = 15kg/ngy/nh hng
t nht 5 nh hng/qun
S qun ca Vit Nam:549S thnh ph ca Vit Nam:5
2770 nh hng41.5 tn/ngy
15,100 tn/nm
Restaurants consume massive amounts of wildlife
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How does illegal and unsustainablewildlife trade affect us though?
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Loss of important protein source forsome rural communities
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Loss of important protein source forsome rural communities
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The unseen threat of disease.
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SARS CoV Civets, bat, raccoon dogs, snakes in wildlife meat markets of
South China all found to carry the SARS virus
50% wildlife traders in one market found to have been infectedby SARS
13% of wild meat handlers (in markets and restaurants) across
the province found to have been infected with SARS
First deaths were of restaurant staff and wildlife traders
HIVOriginated from humans eating
primates in Africa
Brain/Lung worm
Cases in Thailand and Lao from
people eating Monitor Lizards
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Species are goingextinct in Vietnam
as a result of theillegal and
unsustainablehunting and trade
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Why should I care if species go extinct??
Ecosystems provide humans with
many services for a happy,healthy life
E.g. Clean water, clean air,building materials, medicines,food, and protection from
extreme climate events
There are many complexrelationships between plant andanimal species that sustain theseecosystems
Without wild animals the healthof whole ecosystems will decline
The ultimate loser is humansociety
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Why should I care if species go extinct?? Human society and culture have developed alongside a close relationship with wildanimals as far as records go back
Religions, arts, architecture, music have all drawn upon wild animals as a source ofinspiration.
The fate of many of these species now rests in our hands as we are currentlyleading them to extinction with our actions
If we let these animals go extinct its human culture that will ultimately lose
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Lead the change dont sit on the problem
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The future ofV
ietnams wildlife??