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發表於 2014-8-30 02:59 PM
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[新聞] 100,000大象被偷獵者在短短三年內殺害
Ivory-seeking poachers have killed 100,000 African elephants in just three years, according to a new study that provides the first reliable continent-wide estimates of illegal kills. During 2011 alone, roughly one of every twelve African elephants was killed by a poacher.
In central Africa, the hardest-hit part of the continent, the regional elephant population has declined by 64 percent in a decade, a finding of the new study that supports another recent estimate developed from field surveys.
The demand for ivory, most notably in China and elsewhere in Asia, and the confusion caused by a one-time sale of confiscated ivory have helped keep black market prices high in Africa.
The new study, led by George Wittemyer of Colorado State University, included local and regional population estimates and concluded that three-quarters of local elephant populations are declining.
The study authors conducted the first large-scale analysis of poaching losses using data on illegally killed elephants maintained by CITES (the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora).
Wittemyer and his team hope the new information will move the discussion beyond anecdotes and wild guesses. "I think it's the only quantitatively based estimate out there," he said.
Researchers and conservationists hope the analysis will prompt policy makers to take further action to stem the years-long onslaught of poaching, which now threatens the survival of elephants in Africa.
"Nobody's put out any scientifically-based numbers for the continent," Wittemyer said. "People have said numbers, but they're based off guesses. This is the first hard estimate we have at that level."
Source: NG
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