11/1/08 FRIDAY
Today I woke up at 7 am and had breakfast, and then it was a time for table discussion. Table discussion is an activity to exchange the legal knowledge between countries. The topic that I was given is “wildlife Trafficking”. So my commission is to discuss and present about the problem of wildlife trafficking in Thailand to other delegates in my table group. In my group there are 17 people; 1 from Singapore, 3 from Philippines, 2 from Indonesia, 2 from Malaysia, 3 from Korea, 2 from Hong Kong and 4 from Thailand.
Anyway, I will tell you about what I presented them in the table discussion about “wildlife trafficking”. From my research I found that “wildlife trafficking” is the world’s third largest crime, which directly cause of losing biodiversity, many of them are extinct. Thailand, as a hot spot for illegal trade in Asia, wildlife trafficking is a big problem that we must concern. Many species are threatened and it us surprise that the center of wildlife trafficking is in Bangkok, the capital of Thailand. Wild animals and wild plants are sold without fear of law, while the police officers cannot arrest all of the wildlife smugglers; therefore this problem become more serious.
From the three months survey of WWF Thailand, Forestry department and other related associations, found that the largest place where is wildlife trafficking occurs is “the weekend market” or we know as JJ market in Bangkok; especially in the pet zone, wild animals are sold as pets. Almost wildlife are from the north and the northeast of Thailand; where is a bountiful forest, some of them are from neighboring country. The wildlife traffickers in JJ market will set-up other shops; such as clothes shop or food stand to conceal what is their real purpose. They also have special and complex methods to avoid from the police, such as hiding animals, give the false information, counterfeit the license, or cite that they are raised animals. There are catalogs of wild animals and let the customer choose and appoint to get the animals later from their set-up shop. They do it as a cycle, there are persons who always help and report the trafficker to avoid from the inspection of the police.
The volunteered staff told that most of the wildlife traffickers have method that is more complex that make more difficult to detect. There are also groups of influential person or mafias support them, and the officials who have a duty to detect in the market are always the same person; therefore, it is easy to recognize them and they can hide their goods promptly.
From the detection, most of wildlife that we found is “birds”; they are birds, which are protected by the act of wildlife protection and preservation. In addition we found others wildlife such as rare turtle, alligator, snake, etc.
Moreover, there is a survey of customer’s opinions in JJ market about wildlife trafficking, we found that
- 58.8% know that there are protected animal are sold in the market, and still want to buy.
- 81.58 % do not know that the animals, which they are going to buy, are endangered species.
- 85.35 % do not know that buying the animal, which they are going to buy, is illegal.
- 79.60 % know that the number of wildlife in Thailand is decreasing.
- 62.50 % think that wildlife trafficking cannot be absolutely eliminated from the country.
From my research about the general view of wildlife trafficking in Thailand, I recognize that human is a disaster for animals and it makes me want to do something to help them. So, I decided to do this commission my best, because in the third part of table discussion, we can suggest the solutions that there’s a member from WSPN; the organization that work for the animal will join the discussion and bring our solutions to use as real. I hope that our solutions can help!
For the afternoon section, there was an academic visit to the parliament of Malaysia in the city. We were asked to wear black suit that make me look like a real lawyer! For the visiting, the parliament officers explained us about the parliament system of Malaysia and other information about Malaysia that quite boring and make many delegates felt sleepy, as well as I [ha ha]. Then it was a tea break, they treated us a local desserts, one of them is strange; it is sticky rice, which there is curry coconut on the top; it is taste was weird! Then we were brought to walk around the parliament, it is so big and beautiful! We took many pictures there. Then we backed to the hotel and prepared for the second part of table discussion. On the way backed to the hotel I chatted with delegates from Singapore, Hong Kong and Korea about law of their country. I found that my friend from Singapore love chewing gum, even it is prohibited in their country. He told that gum in Singapore is sold as a medicine for the people who have a problem with their teeth. Moreover to buy gums, they have to sign their name for that gum!!!
For the second table discussion, we discussed about the ways to solve the problem of wildlife trafficking that we will present to the officer who works with this problem. Anyway, now it is 2am already!!! Tomorrow there are workshop, symposium and table discussion three.
Today I woke up at 7 am and had breakfast, and then it was a time for table discussion. Table discussion is an activity to exchange the legal knowledge between countries. The topic that I was given is “wildlife Trafficking”. So my commission is to discuss and present about the problem of wildlife trafficking in Thailand to other delegates in my table group. In my group there are 17 people; 1 from Singapore, 3 from Philippines, 2 from Indonesia, 2 from Malaysia, 3 from Korea, 2 from Hong Kong and 4 from Thailand.
Anyway, I will tell you about what I presented them in the table discussion about “wildlife trafficking”. From my research I found that “wildlife trafficking” is the world’s third largest crime, which directly cause of losing biodiversity, many of them are extinct. Thailand, as a hot spot for illegal trade in Asia, wildlife trafficking is a big problem that we must concern. Many species are threatened and it us surprise that the center of wildlife trafficking is in Bangkok, the capital of Thailand. Wild animals and wild plants are sold without fear of law, while the police officers cannot arrest all of the wildlife smugglers; therefore this problem become more serious.
From the three months survey of WWF Thailand, Forestry department and other related associations, found that the largest place where is wildlife trafficking occurs is “the weekend market” or we know as JJ market in Bangkok; especially in the pet zone, wild animals are sold as pets. Almost wildlife are from the north and the northeast of Thailand; where is a bountiful forest, some of them are from neighboring country. The wildlife traffickers in JJ market will set-up other shops; such as clothes shop or food stand to conceal what is their real purpose. They also have special and complex methods to avoid from the police, such as hiding animals, give the false information, counterfeit the license, or cite that they are raised animals. There are catalogs of wild animals and let the customer choose and appoint to get the animals later from their set-up shop. They do it as a cycle, there are persons who always help and report the trafficker to avoid from the inspection of the police.
The volunteered staff told that most of the wildlife traffickers have method that is more complex that make more difficult to detect. There are also groups of influential person or mafias support them, and the officials who have a duty to detect in the market are always the same person; therefore, it is easy to recognize them and they can hide their goods promptly.
From the detection, most of wildlife that we found is “birds”; they are birds, which are protected by the act of wildlife protection and preservation. In addition we found others wildlife such as rare turtle, alligator, snake, etc.
Moreover, there is a survey of customer’s opinions in JJ market about wildlife trafficking, we found that
- 58.8% know that there are protected animal are sold in the market, and still want to buy.
- 81.58 % do not know that the animals, which they are going to buy, are endangered species.
- 85.35 % do not know that buying the animal, which they are going to buy, is illegal.
- 79.60 % know that the number of wildlife in Thailand is decreasing.
- 62.50 % think that wildlife trafficking cannot be absolutely eliminated from the country.
From my research about the general view of wildlife trafficking in Thailand, I recognize that human is a disaster for animals and it makes me want to do something to help them. So, I decided to do this commission my best, because in the third part of table discussion, we can suggest the solutions that there’s a member from WSPN; the organization that work for the animal will join the discussion and bring our solutions to use as real. I hope that our solutions can help!
For the afternoon section, there was an academic visit to the parliament of Malaysia in the city. We were asked to wear black suit that make me look like a real lawyer! For the visiting, the parliament officers explained us about the parliament system of Malaysia and other information about Malaysia that quite boring and make many delegates felt sleepy, as well as I [ha ha]. Then it was a tea break, they treated us a local desserts, one of them is strange; it is sticky rice, which there is curry coconut on the top; it is taste was weird! Then we were brought to walk around the parliament, it is so big and beautiful! We took many pictures there. Then we backed to the hotel and prepared for the second part of table discussion. On the way backed to the hotel I chatted with delegates from Singapore, Hong Kong and Korea about law of their country. I found that my friend from Singapore love chewing gum, even it is prohibited in their country. He told that gum in Singapore is sold as a medicine for the people who have a problem with their teeth. Moreover to buy gums, they have to sign their name for that gum!!!
For the second table discussion, we discussed about the ways to solve the problem of wildlife trafficking that we will present to the officer who works with this problem. Anyway, now it is 2am already!!! Tomorrow there are workshop, symposium and table discussion three.
1 comment:
yea!!! this commission change my view a lot!!
i hate the hunters
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