What is the "bright sword" to protect wild animals in China?

On June 365438+February 3 1 last year, the China government clearly gave a timetable to stop the ivory trade. The "Bright Sword" campaign against ivory trade has achieved remarkable results. At present, the wholesale price of ivory in the domestic market has dropped by about 30% year-on-year.

Combating the illegal trade in wild animals and plants is an important content of protecting the diversity of wild animals and plants and maintaining the ecological security of the earth, and has become an important topic in the international political and diplomatic fields. In recent years, China has taken many measures to crack down on the illegal trade of wild animals and plants and strengthen their protection. A number of critically endangered species such as giant panda, crested ibis and alligator sinensis are gradually getting rid of the risk of extinction, and the population shows a good momentum of steady growth.

China takes resolute action to protect elephants.

At present, the total number of African elephants has dropped to about 600,000, and it is decreasing at a rate of more than 20,000 per year. Its dangerous situation has aroused widespread concern in the international community.

China has made unprecedented efforts in cracking down on ivory smuggling, intercepting a large number of smuggled ivory. "In terms of protecting rare wild animals and plants such as elephants, China has taken pragmatic and feasible measures instead of shouting slogans." Wang Weisheng, deputy director of the wildlife protection and nature reserve management department of the State Forestry Administration, said.

In 2007, the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species agreed that China and Japan could purchase legal stocks of ivory from three countries in southern Africa at one time, providing a buffer time for the transformation of related industries. Among them, China received 62 tons and Japan received 40 tons. China ivory market adopts franchise system, and ivory products have one-to-one collection certificate issued by the State Forestry Administration. China has also restricted the supply of ivory, stipulating that only about 5 tons of ivory will be put on the market every year.

At present, there are 34 designated ivory processing enterprises and 143 designated ivory sales places in China. In order to support the protection of African elephants and actively reduce the consumption of African ivory, the China municipal government clearly gave a timetable to stop the ivory trade on February 3, 20 16, and before March 3 1 day, on March 20 17, on10-kloc. The rest will be closed before 20 17 12 3 1, and the domestic commercial processing and sales of ivory and its products will be stopped in batches. This move won wide acclaim.

Wang Weisheng believes that it takes 1 year to completely stop the ivory trade, because it will take some time for the ivory carving practitioners and ivory enterprises to transform, so as to ensure the smooth closure of the ivory market in China.

"China has taken the most resolute action to protect elephants." Wang Weisheng said that protecting and saving African elephants is not a matter for several countries, but requires global action, and all countries involved in the ivory trade chain need to act jointly within their own capabilities. "We hope that China's actions will lead more countries to take positive actions in combating elephant poaching and ivory trade, and form a joint force to fundamentally curb the global ivory trade."

Will speed up the revision of the wildlife protection list

In recent years, China has continuously introduced heavy measures to protect wildlife. The original Wildlife Protection Law was revised and the concept of protection was updated. The protection and management principle of "strengthening the protection of resources, actively domesticating and breeding, and rationally developing and utilizing" stipulated in the original law is adjusted to the protection and management principle of "giving priority to protection, standardizing utilization and strictly supervising".

Various government departments have cooperated with each other and carried out a large number of substantive actions. In response to illegal online transactions, the State Forestry Administration and the Central Network Information Office and other six departments organized a "clean-up operation", and the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology also actively promoted the work of the online real-name registration system; In response to illegal gun-holding activities, the Ministry of Public Security launched a special campaign to arrest guns; In view of the smuggling of rare animals, plants and products such as ivory and pangolin, the General Administration of Customs launched a special campaign of "Bright Sword at the Door". These measures have achieved remarkable results.

China also regards wildlife protection as an important task of the country and brings it into the national plan, which is unique in the world. The Outline of the Thirteenth Five-Year Plan for National Economic and Social Development lists combating the illegal trade in ivory and other wildlife products as the focus of work. Last June 165438+ 10, the State Council approved the establishment of an inter-ministerial joint conference system to combat illegal wildlife trade, led by the State Forestry Administration and attended by 2/kloc-0 departments, and the law enforcement coordination mechanism was further improved.

"We have identified four key points to strengthen wildlife protection in 20 17: First, improve the supporting regulations and supervision system of wildlife protection law; The second is to jointly implement comprehensive management of key issues; The third is to promote the pilot of national parks and strengthen habitat protection; The fourth is to do a good job in publicizing and popularizing the wildlife protection law. " Wang Weisheng said.

This year is the first year of the implementation of the newly revised wildlife protection law. The State Forestry Administration will speed up the revision of the list of wildlife protection and establish a standardized management system for wildlife management, utilization, breeding and exhibition.

In view of the three key problems of indiscriminate hunting, illegal trade, breeding and exhibition, the State Forestry Administration will play the role of the "Inter-Ministerial Joint Conference on Combating Illegal Trade of Wild Animals and Plants" established at the end of last year, and comprehensively strengthen joint defense and law enforcement inspection in all aspects such as field patrol, catering, border crossings, market malls, transportation routes and online transactions, and implement various measures to completely stop the commercial processing and sales of ivory and products before the end of the year to achieve protection.