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TRAFFIC 2 BULLETIN VOL. 27 NO. 2 27 NO. VOL. TRAFFIC, the wildlife trade monitoring network, is the leading non-governmental organization working globally on trade in wild animals and plants in the context of both biodiversity conservation and sustainable development. For further information contact: The Executive Director TRAFFIC 219a Huntingdon Road Cambridge CB3 0DL UK Telephone: (44) (0) 1223 277427 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.traffic.org INDIAN STAR T ORTOISES IN MALAYSIA is a strategic alliance of PLOUGHSHARE TORTOISES OCTOBER 2015 OCTOBER IVORY ON SALE IN VIET NAM The journal of the TRAFFIC network disseminates information on the trade in wild animal and plant resources INTERNATIONAL Headquarters Office 219a Huntingdon Road, Cambridge, CB3 0DL, UK. TRAFFIC was established Tel: (44) 1223 277427; Fax: (44) 1223 277237; E-mail: [email protected] in 1976 to perform what CENTRAL AFRICA Regional Office c/o IUCN, Regional Office for CentralAfrica, remains a unique role as a PO Box 5506, Yaoundé, Cameroon. Tel: (237) 2206 7409; Fax: (237) 2221 6497; E-mail: [email protected] global specialist, leading and EAST/SOUTHERN AFRICA supporting efforts to identify Regional Office c/o IUCN ESARO, PO Box 11536, Hatfield, Pretoria, South Africa. Tel: (27) 12 342 8304/5; Fax: (27) 12 342 8289; E-mail: [email protected] and address conservation MICHEL GUNTHER / WWF-CANON MICHEL Tanzania Office c/o WWF-Tanzania Country Office, 350 Regent Estate, Mikocheni, challenges and solutions Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Tel/Fax: (255) 22 2701676; E-mail: [email protected] linked to trade in wild NORTH AMERICA animals and plants. US Office c/o WWF-US, 1250 24th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20037, USA. Tel: (1) 202 293 4800; Fax: (1) 202 775 8287; E-mail: [email protected] EAST/SOUTH ASIA TRAFFIC’s Vision is of a world in which trade in wild plants and animals is managed at sustainable levels without damaging the integrity Regional Office c/o WWF-Hong Kong, 15/F, Manhattan Centre, 8 Kwai Cheong Road, Kwai Chung N.T., Hong Kong. of ecological systems and in such a manner that it makes a significant contribution to human needs, supports local and national Tel: (852) 2161 9686; Fax: (852) 2845 2764; E-mail: [email protected] economies and helps to motivate commitments to the conservation of wild species and their habitats. China Office c/o WWF-China Programme Office, Room 2616, Wen Hua Gong, (Laodong Renmin Wenhuagong Dongmen), Beijing Working People’s Culture Palace, Beijing 100006, People’s Republic of China. Tel: (86) 10 6511 6211; Fax: (86) 10 6511 6261; E-mail: [email protected] rade in wildlife is vital to meeting TRAFFIC is to seek and activate solutions to the problems India Office c/o WWF-India, 172-B Lodi Estate, New Delhi-110 003, India. the needs of a significant proport created by illegal and/or unsustainable wildlife trade. Tel: (91) 11 41504786; Fax: (91) 11 43516200; E-mail: [email protected] ion of the world’s popul ation. TRAFFIC’s aim is to encourage sustainability by providing TProducts derived from tens of thousands government, decisionmakers, traders, businesses, consu Japan Office 6th Floor, Nihonseimei Akabanebashi Bldg, 3-1-14, Shiba, Minato-ku, 105-0014, of species of plants and animals are mers and others with an interest in wildlife trade with Tokyo, Japan. Tel: (81) 3 3769 1716; Fax: (81) 3 3769 1717; E-mail: [email protected] traded and used for the purposes of, reliable information about trade volumes, trends, pathways among other things, medicine, food, and impacts, along with guidance on how to respond where Taipei Office3F., No. 92, Ln 106, Sec. 3, Bade Road, Songshan District, Taipei City 105, Taiwan. fuel, building materials, clothing and trade is illegal or unsustainable. Six regional TRAFFIC Tel: (886)(2) 25795826; Fax: + (886) (2) 25796036; E-mail: [email protected] ornament ation. offices are coordinated by the TRAFFIC headquarters in Cambridge, UK. Most of the trade is legal and much of it SOUTH-EAST ASIA sustainable, but a significant proportion is TRAFFIC’s reports and advice provide a technical basis Regional Office Unit 3-2, 1st Floor, Jalan SS23/11, Taman SEA, 47400 Petaling Jaya, not. As well as threatening these resources, for the establishment of effective conservation policies Selangor, Malaysia. Tel: (603) 7880 3940; Fax: (603) 7882 0171; E-mail: [email protected] unsustainable trade can also lead to and programmes to ensure that wildlife is maintained species declining in the wild to the point within sustainable levels and conducted according to that they are threatened with extinction. national and inter national laws and agreements. The Viet Nam Office Room 203, Building 2G, Van Phuc Diplomatic Compound, Illegal trade undermines local, national journal of the TRAFFIC network, TRAFFIC Bulletin, is 298 Kim Ma Street, Ba Dinh District, Ha Noi, Viet Nam. and international efforts to manage wild the only publication devoted exclusively to issues relating Tel: (84) 4 3726 5023; Fax: (84) 4 3726 4665; E-mail: [email protected] natural resources sustainably and causes to international trade in wild plants and animals. Provided massive economic losses. free of charge to over 4000 subscribers and freely available from the TRAFFIC website (www.traffic.org), it is a key / WWF-CANON / MARK CARWARDINE NATUREPL.COM EUROPE TRAFFIC is a strategic alliance of WWF tool for disseminating knowledge of wildlife trade and an Regional Office 219a Huntingdon Road, Cambridge CB3 0DL, UK. and IUCN, the International Union for important source of information for those in a position to Much of the content published in the Tel: (44) 1223 277427; Fax: (44) 1223 277237; E-mail: [email protected] Conservation of Nature. The role of effect change and improve awareness. TRAFFIC Bulletin arises from invest igations carried out by TRAFFIC staff, Belgium Office Bd Emile Jacqmain 90, B-1000 Brussels, Belgium. whose wideranging expertise allows for Tel: (32) 2 340 0927; Fax: (32) 2 343 2565; E-mail: [email protected] a broad coverage of issues. TRAFFIC has also built up a global network of contacts Central Eastern Europe Office c/o WWF-Hungary, 1141 Budapest, Álmos vezér útja 69/A, with, for example, law enforcement Budapest, Hungary. Tel: (36) 1 214 5554 (Ext 126); Fax: (36) 1 212 9353; agents, scientists, and wildlife experts, E-mail: [email protected] some of whom are regular contributors to the TRAFFIC Bulletin. Italy Office c/o WWF-Italy, Via Po 25/c, 00198 Rome, Italy. Tel: (39) 06 84497357; Fax (39) 06 84497356; E-mail: [email protected] TRAFFIC welcomes articles on the subject of wildlife trade that will bring new Sweden Office c/o WWF-Sweden, Ulriksdals Slott, S-17081 Solna, Sweden. information to the attention of the wider F I C O E S A R T Tel: (46) 8 624 7400; Fax: (46) 8 85 1329; E-mail: [email protected] public; guide lines are provided in this issue and online to assist in this process. For more information, please contact the editor: TRAFFICTRAFFIC NATUREPL.COM / ANDY ROUSE / WWF-CANON ANDY / NATUREPL.COM NATUREPL.COM / JEFF ROTMAN / NATUREPL.COM WWF-CANON Kim Lochen ([email protected]). The TRAFFIC Bulletin is a publication of TRAFFIC, the wild life trade monitoring network, which is the leading non-governmental organization working globally on trade in wild animals and plants in the context of both biodiversity conservation and sustainable development. TRAFFIC is a strategic alliance of WWF and IUCN. TRAFFIC The TRAFFIC Bulletin publishes information B U L L E T I N and original papers on the subject of trade in wild animals and plants, and strives to be a source of accurate and objective information. VOL. 27 NO. 2 OCTOBER 2015 The TRAFFIC Bulletin is available free of charge. Quotation of information appearing in the news sections is welcomed without permission, but CONTENTS citation must be given. Reproduction of all other material appearing in the TRAFFIC Bulletin news editorial • requires written permission from the publisher. ivory and terror - fact or myth? • pangolin seizures data, Indonesia • MANAGING EDITOR Steven Broad Asian songbirds in crisis • EDITOR and COMPILER Kim Lochen sustainability in the TCM sector, China • SUBSCRIPTIONS and MAILING 41 EU-TWIX 10th anniversary • Susan Vivian (E-mail: [email protected]) wildlife training for Ecuador’s military • the case for CITES Appendix I-listing of The designations of geographical entities in Earless Monitor Lizards • this publication, and the presentation of the material, do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of TRAFFIC or its supporting organizations con cern ing the legal status of any country, territory, or area, or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. feature Assessment of the availability of ivory in the Any opinions expressed are those of the writers Vietnamese market and do not necessarily reflect those of TRAFFIC, WWF or IUCN. 59 Nhuan Van Nguyen and Madelon Willemsen Published by TRAFFIC, 219a Huntingdon Road, Cambridge, Cambs., CB3 0DL, UK. Copyright of material published in the TRAFFIC Bulletin is vested in TRAFFIC © TRAFFIC 2015. ISSN 0267-4297. UK Registered Charity No. 1076722 Cover photograph: seizures and A selection of Indian Star Tortoise Geochelone elegans prosecutions seizures and prosecutions (© David Lawson / WWF-UK) that have recently taken place around Photographs this page, from top: the world Wildlife training for Ecuador’s military (© TRAFFIC); Carved ivory items on sale in Ha Noi, Viet Nam (© TRAFFIC); 66 Seizure in Hong Kong of pangolin scales and casques of Helmeted Hornbills Rhinoplax vigil (© Hong Kong Customs) Ploughshare Tortoise Astrochelys yniphora (© Martin Harvey / WWF-Canon) Funding for the printing and distribution of this issue of the TRAFFIC Bulletin is generously short Indian Star Tortoises: provided by The Rufford Foundation.