GLAND, Switzerland, April 18, 2017 /3BL Media/ – A newWWF报告今天发表的敦促采取额外和直接的措施，以阻止在世界上最重要的地方（包括世界遗产）中，在世界上最重要的地方，非法贩运国际贸易的非法贩运趋势。

Known for their iconic beauty, geology, ecology and biodiversity, natural World Heritage sites across the globe support large populations of rare plant and animal species, including almost a third of the world’s remaining 3,890 wild tigers and 40 percent of all African elephants, and function as the last refuge for critically endangered species such as Javan rhinos in Indonesia and vaquitas, the world’s smallest porpoise, endemic to Mexico’s Gulf of California.

Yet despite their recognized value and protected status, the report found that illegal poaching, logging and fishing occur in nearly 30 percent of natural and mixed World Heritage sites, driving endangered species to the brink of extinction and putting the livelihoods and wellbeing of communities who depend on them at risk.

“自然世界遗产是其普遍价值最公认的自然遗址之一。然而，许多人受到破坏性工业活动的威胁，我们的新报告表明，它们通常独特的动物和植物也受到过度开发和贩运的影响。除非有效保护它们，否则我们将永远失去它们。政府必须加倍努力，并在为时已晚之前解决整个野生动植物贩运链。”WWF International总干事Marco Lambertini说。“我们迫切需要在CITES，世界遗产公约和国家当局之间进行更多的合作和整合，以领导对停顿野生动植物贩运的更加协调，更全面的反应 - 从来源国家的收获，通过处理目的地运输到消费市场的销售。透明

世界遗产中物种的非法收获降低了重要的社会和经济利益。自然世界遗产的90％以上支持娱乐和旅游业以及提供工作。这些好处中有许多取决于引用上市物种的存在。非法收获也改变了自然生态系统。仅2016年，苏门答腊老虎人口中约有5％被杀，如果目前的偷猎和贸易水平继续下去，老虎可能会从苏门答腊的野外消失，并减少了保护森林的动力，并导致棕榈的进一步广泛的森林砍伐森林油种植园。

“This report provides a range of options to further enhance coordination between CITES and the World Heritage Convention, focused around World Heritage sites” says John Scanlon, CITES Secretary-General. “It is essential that CITES is fully implemented and that these irreplaceable sites are fully protected. In doing so, we will benefit our heritage and our wildlife, provide security to people and places, and support national economies and the rural communities that depend on these sites for their livelihoods.”

“Illegal wildlife trafficking robs the world of its natural heritage, threatens local communities and hampers global efforts to reduce poverty,” says Inger Andersen, Director General of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). “This report is a sobering reminder of just how far this type of organized crime can reach, extending even into the supposed safety of World Heritage sites. This is a global challenge that can only be tackled through collective, international action.”

The report stresses that enhanced protection and monitoring at the World Heritage site level must be accompanied by greater action to curb demand for illegal wildlife and wildlife products through education, enforcement and prosecution. “The governing bodies of CITES and the World Heritage Convention recognize the need to continue improving interactions between the two conventions, and in order to halt illegal trafficking in World Heritage sites, all stakeholders must unite and take the immediate action required to prevent irreversible damage the world’s most iconic places and species,” Lambertini said.

Last year, WWF launched a global campaign,Together saving our shared heritage, working with governments and businesses to safeguard World Heritage sites for present and future generations by strengthening the implementation of the World Heritage Convention and pushing businesses to comply with the highest standards of responsible business conduct in or near sites. A WWF report found nearly half of all natural World Heritage sites were under threat from harmful industrial activities like mining, oil and gas drilling, and construction of large-scale infrastructure, with millions of people impacted.