Poaching threatens African elephants

Badan yang mengurus perdagangan satwa yang dilindungi, Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) mengatakan angka perburuan dan perdagangan gajah ilegal tetap sangat tinggi.

Dalam laporan baru, CITES, memperingatkan gajah Afrika terancam keberadaannya karena masih terus berlanjutnya perburuan gading.

Reporter:

Imogen Foulkes

Report

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Twenty thousand elephants were illegally killed in Africa last year, the report shows. That figure far exceeds the growth rate of the elephant population.

In some regions of Africa elephants are threatened with extinction.

The report also documents a clear increase in the number of large seizures -amounts of over 500kg - of ivory in Africa.

For the first time there were more such seizures in Africa than in Asia, an indication, the report suggests, of the involvement of transnational organised crime in the illegal ivory trade.

And while elephant conservationists do believe that increased ivory confiscation is a sign that law enforcement is improving, they also point out that demand for ivory remains very high, and that even in some of the monitored elephant populations, poaching is actually increasing.

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far exceeds: jauh lebih banyak dari (sesuatu)

extinction: kondisi di mana spesies punah

seizures: penyitaan oleh pihak berwenang

indication: petunjuk bahwa sesuatu masih ada

transnational: lebih dari satu negara

confiscation: penyitaan secara legal

law enforcement: tindakan resmi untuk penegakan hukum

monitored: diawasi secara reguler