BIOL3701 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Cervus, Bushmeat, Mitochondrion
26 Jun 2018
School
Department
Course
Professor
Wildlife Forensic Science
Rhinos
$95,000 USD per KILOGRAM!!!
oMore expensive than gold and platinum
Extinction is very near
Only the Australian museum and Flinders University are able to undertake
DNA tests on it
Timber Trade
Estimated 50% of ALL timber comes from illegally logged trees
Logged in Asian and European countries
oExported worldwide
Legislation
Australia
oLogging prohibition Act 2010
o5 years imprisonment
o$85,000 - $450,000 fine
European Union Timber Trade
oProhibits placing of illegally logged timber on the European market
US Lacey Act
oIllegal to import, export, transport, sell, receive, acquire or purchase
interstate or foreign commerce
oWith SOME limited exceptions
CITES Legislation
General
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Fauna and Flora
Part 13A of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act
1999 for:
oAll wildlife
oIncluding cetaceans
Regulation of trade into and out of Australia
Established in 1973 by 21 countries
Currently:
o175 countries are members
MEMBERSHIP:
oIs voluntary but members are bound by the regulations and can be
expelled if they do not adhere to them
oCountries bound by CITES:
Subject to export or import restrictions doesn’t affect use
WITHIN the country
Additional legislation required for each country
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Document Summary
,000 usd per kilogram!: more expensive than gold and platinum. Only the australian museum and flinders university are able to undertake. Estimated 50% of all timber comes from illegally logged trees. Logged in asian and european countries: exported worldwide. Australia: logging prohibition act 2010, 5 years imprisonment, ,000 - ,000 fine. European union timber trade: prohibits placing of illegally logged timber on the european market. Us lacey act: illegal to import, export, transport, sell, receive, acquire or purchase interstate or foreign commerce, with some limited exceptions. Convention on international trade in endangered species of fauna and flora. Part 13a of the environment protection and biodiversity conservation act. Regulation of trade into and out of australia. Membership: is voluntary but members are bound by the regulations and can be expelled if they do not adhere to them, countries bound by cites: Subject to export or import restrictions (cid:0) doesn"t affect use.
