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TRAFFIC 1 BULLETIN VOL. 30 NO. 1 30 NO. VOL. TRAFFIC is the leading non-governmental organisation 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 David Attenborough Building Pembroke Street Cambridge CB2 3QZ UK Telephone: (44) (0) 1223 277427 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.traffic.org SUMATRA’S CAGE BIRD TRADE CHINA’S GREEN PUBLIC PROCUREMENT SHARKS AND RAYS IN BANGLADESH is a strategic alliance of is a APRIL 2018 The journal of the TRAFFIC network disseminates information on the trade in wild animal and plant resources 30(1) COVER FINAL.indd 1 5/1/2018 3:17:37 PM INTERNATIONAL Headquarters Office David Attenborough Building, Pembroke Street, TRAFFIC was established Cambridge, CB2 3QZ, UK. Tel: (44) 1223 277427; E-mail: [email protected] in 1976 to perform what remains a unique role as a AFRICA Central Africa Regional Office c/o IUCN, Regional Office for Central Africa, global specialist, leading and PO Box 5506, Yaoundé, Cameroon. Tel: (237) 2206 7409; Fax: (237) 2221 6497; E-mail: [email protected] supporting efforts to identify East/Southern Africa Regional Office c/o IUCN ESARO, 1st Floor, Hatfield Gables 484 Hilda Street, Hatfield, Pretoria 0083, SouthAfrica. and address conservation Tel: (27) 12 342 8304/5; Fax: (27) 12 342 8289; E-mail: [email protected] challenges and solutions Tanzania Office c/o WWF-Tanzania Country Office, 350 Regent Estate, Mikocheni, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. linked to trade in wild Tel/Fax: (255) 22 2701676; E-mail: [email protected] NATURE PICTURE LIBRARY / WWF PICTURE LIBRARY NATURE animals and plants. AMERICAS 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] TRAFFIC’s Vision is of a world in which trade in wild plants and animals is managed at sustainable levels without damaging the integrity ASIA of ecological systems and in such a manner that it makes a significant contribution to human needs, supports local and national East Asia Regional Office c/o WWF-Hong Kong, economies and helps to motivate commitments to the conservation of wild species and their habitats. No. 1 Tramway Path, Central, Hong Kong. Tel: (852) 2161 9686; Fax: (852) 2845 2764; E-mail: [email protected] China Office c/o WWF China Programme Office, 3rd Floor, Building 2, No. 22 Baiwanzhuang Street, Xicheng District, Beijing 100037, P.R. China. rade in wildlife is vital to meeting created by illegal and/or unsustainable wildlife trade. Tel: +86 10 6809 3666 Fax: +86 10 6809 3777 the needs of a significant proport­ TRAFFIC’s aim is to encourage sustainability by providing E-mail: [email protected] ion of the world’s popul ation. government, decision­makers, traders, businesses, consu­ TProducts derived from tens of thousands mers and others with an interest in wildlife trade with of species of plants and animals are reliable information about trade volumes, trends, pathways India Office c/o WWF-India, 172-B Lodi Estate, traded and used for the purposes of, and impacts, along with guidance on how to respond where New Delhi-110 003, India. among other things, medicine, food, trade is illegal or unsustainable. Five regional TRAFFIC Tel: (91) 11 41504786; Fax: (91) 11 43516200 fuel, building materials, clothing and offices are co­ordinated by the TRAFFIC headquarters in E-mail: [email protected] ornament ation. Cambridge, UK. 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Illegal trade undermines local, national the only publication devoted exclusively to issues relating Tel: (886)(2) 25795826; Fax: + (886) (2) 25796036 and international efforts to manage wild to international trade in wild plants and animals. Provided E-mail: [email protected] natural resources sustainably and causes free of charge to over 4000 subscribers and freely available massive economic losses. from the TRAFFIC website (www.traffic.org), it is a key Southeast Asia Regional Office Suite 12A-01, Level 12A, Tower 1, tool for disseminating knowledge of wildlife trade and an HARISH SEGAR / WWF iNTERNATIONAL Wisma AmFirst, Jalan Stadium SS 7/15, 47301 Kelana Jaya Selangor, Malaysia. The role of TRAFFIC is to seek and important source of information for those in a position to Tel: (603) 7880 3940; Fax: (603) 7886 7369; E-mail: [email protected] activate solutions to the problems effect change and improve awareness. Much of the content published in the TRAFFIC Bulletin arises from invest­ Viet Nam Office No 32, Lane 34, Van Bao Street, Ba Dinh District, igations carried out by TRAFFIC staff, Ha Noi, Viet Nam. whose wide­ranging expertise allows for Tel: (84) 4 3726 5023; Email: [email protected] a broad coverage of issues. TRAFFIC has also built up a global network of contacts with, for example, law enforcement agents, scientists, and wildlife experts, EUROPE some of whom are regular contributors to the TRAFFIC Bulletin. Europe Regional Office David Attenborough Building, Pembroke Street, Cambridge, CB2 3QZ, UK. Tel: (44) 1223 277427; Fax: (44) 1223 277237; 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: JOHN E. NEWBY / WWF INTERNATIONAL JOHN E. NEWBY TRAFFICTRAFFIC MICHEL GUNTHER / WWF INTERNATIONAL MICHEL Kim Lochen ([email protected]). 30(1) COVER FINAL.indd 2 5/1/2018 3:17:43 PM The TRAFFIC Bulletin is a publication of TRAFFIC, the wild life trade monitoring specialist and a leading non-governmental organization working globally on trade in wild animals and plants in the context of both biodiversity conservation and sustainable development. The TRAFFIC Bulletin publishes information TRAFFIC and original papers on the subject of trade in wild animals and plants, and strives to be a source of B U L L E T I N accurate and objective information. The TRAFFIC Bulletin is available free of charge. VOL. 30 NO. 1 APRIL 2018 Quotation of information appearing in the news and short reports sections is welcomed without permission, but citation must be given. Reprod uction of all other material appearing in the TRAFFIC Bulletin requires written permission CONTENTS from the publisher. MANAGING EDITOR Steven Broad Editorial 1 EDITOR and COMPILER Kim Lochen Giavanna Grein and Chen Jing SUBSCRIPTIONS and MAILING (E-mail: [email protected]) Bulletin Board 2 The designations of geographical entities in this Obituaries 3 publication, and the presentation of the material, do not imply the expression of any opinion AFRICA-TWIX: a platform supporting law 4–5 whatsoever on the part of TRAFFIC or its enforcement actions in Central Africa François Kpwang Abessolo supporting organizations concern ing the legal status of any country, territory, or area, or of its Observations of shark and ray 6–14 authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its products in the processing centres frontiers or boundaries. of Bangladesh, trade in CITES species and conservation needs Any opinions expressed are those of the writers Alifa Bintha Haque, Aparna Riti Biswas and do not necessarily reflect those of TRAFFIC. and Gulshan Ara Latifa Published by TRAFFIC In the market for extinction: 15–22 David Attenborough Building, Pembroke Street, birds for sale at selected outlets in Sumatra Serene C.L. Chng, Chris R. Shepherd Cambridge CB2 3QZ, UK. and James A. Eaton Copyright of material published in the Enhancing China’s green procurement 23–27 TRAFFIC Bulletin is vested in of legal forest products TRAFFIC Mingming Sun and Ke Zhang © TRAFFIC 2018. ISSN 0267-4297. Seizures and prosecutions 28–32 UK Registered Charity No. 1076722 A rapid assessment of 33–36 Cover photograph: the tiger trade in Viet Nam White-rumped Shama Rosa A. Indenbaum Copsychus malabaricus tricolor (© James A. Eaton / Birdtour Asia) Illegal pangolin trade in the Philippines 37–40 Lalita Gomez and Emerson Y. Sy Photographs this page, from top: Shark processing centre, Bangladesh (© Alifa Bintha Haque); Birds on sale at Pekanbaru market, Sumatra (© Marison Guciano); Seizure in Hong Kong of suspected rhino horn pieces painted red (© Hong Kong Customs) Index Vol. 29 i–iv Funding for the printing and distribution of this issue of the TRAFFIC Bulletin is generously provided by The Rufford Foundation. Funding to print and distribute future issues is sought. Please visit http://www.traffic.org/donate/ if you can help. Printed by iprint, Whetstone, Leics LE8 6ZG, UK TRAFFIC Bulletin 30(1) 1 May 2018 FINAL.indd 1 5/1/2018 5:04:23 PM IF YOU WISH TO CONTINUE RECEIVING THE TRAFFIC BULLETIN AND OTHER TRAFFIC MATERIALS, PLEASE TURN TO PAGE 2 AND THE BACK PAGE OF THIS ISSUE FOR FURTHER DETAILS.
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