ʻO ka Council of Elders of the Africa Elephant Coalition (AEC) nona nā ʻāina he 32 ma ʻApelika a me ka hapanui o nā moku ʻāpana ʻelepani ʻApelika e kāhea ana i ke aupuni o Iapana e pani i kāna mākeke niho ʻelepani, ma waena o nā mea nui o ka honua, a kākoʻo i ka palekana o nā ʻelepani o ʻApelika.

“Ke kāhea aku nei mākou iā Iapana e ukali i ke ʻano o Kina a hoʻopau i kāna mākeke ʻelepani kūloko. Manaʻo mākou ʻo ka hana ʻana pēlā e hoʻoikaika ai i ka mālama mālama honua ʻana o Iapana ma mua o ka Olumepika 2020 a me ka Paralympics ”, wahi a Azizou El Hadj Issa, lunahoomalu o ka ʻaha kūkā o nā lunakahiko o AEC, i ka hoʻopiʻi ʻana iā Taro Kono, ke kuhina ʻē o Iapana e kākoʻo i ka Coalition.

Ua kākau ʻo ʻAEC's Council of Elders i ke Kuhina no ko nā ʻāina ʻē ma Iapana, ʻo Taro Kono, e noi ana i ke kōkua a me ka hana pū ʻana e hoʻoikaika i nā hana kūwaho i ka hoʻēmi ʻana i ka noi no ka elepani ʻelepani "no laila ʻaʻole makemake hou ʻia nā ʻelepani elepani i mau mea makemake".

Ua waiho ka AEC i kekahi mau palapala no ka 18^th ʻAha kūkā o nā ʻaoʻao o ka Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) a ke noi nei iā Iapana e kākoʻo i kā lākou noi e hoʻoikaika ai i ka pale o nā ʻelepani.

ʻO ke kikoʻī, makemake ka AEC:

E hāhai nā ʻāina āpau i ka laʻana a Kina i ka pani ʻana i kā lākou mākeke ʻelepani kūloko ma o ka hoʻoikaika ʻana i kahi hoʻonā (10.10) i ka ʻAha Kūkā o nā ʻaoʻao.
E papa inoa i nā ʻelepani ʻApelika a pau i Hāpono I, ka pale ikaika loa ma lalo o CITES. I kēia manawa, hoʻokaʻawale ʻia nā ʻelepani ma ʻApelika me nā ʻelepani ma Botswana, Namibia, ʻApelika Hema a me Zimbabwe i Haawina II, ka mea e ʻae ai i ke kālepa ma lalo o kekahi mau kūlana.

Ua lōʻihi ka manaʻo o ka AEC inā e pale piha ʻia nā ʻelepani he mea nui ia e papa inoa ʻia lākou āpau i ka Appendix I. Ua alakaʻi ka papa inoa mahele i ka huikau o ka makemake o nā mea kūʻai aku a ua hopena i kahi kālepa hoʻomau i nā niho ʻelepani, ka mea piʻi nui ma hope o ke kūʻai ʻia ʻana o nā waihona niho ʻelepani mai ka hema o ʻApelika a Kina a me Iapana i ka makahiki 2008. Ua pani ʻo Kina i kāna mākeke ma 2017, akā ʻo ka mākeke niho ʻelepani ʻo Iapana kekahi o nā mea nui loa o ka honua, a aia nā hōʻike nui ke lawe hewa ʻia aku nei ka niho ʻelepani mai Iāpana aku i Kina i nā nui he nui, e hōʻemi ana i ka pāpā.

Ke koi aku nei ʻo Coalition i nā mākeke niho ʻelepani nui - ʻo ia hoʻi nā mea o Iapana a me ka European Union - e hāhai i ka laʻa a Kina. ʻO ka leka iā Kuhina Kono hoʻopiʻi iā Iapana e pani i kāna mākeke niho ʻelepani, a kope ʻia i nā Kuhina no ke Kaiāulu. ʻO Yoshiaki Harada, a me ka Economy, Trade and ʻoihana, ʻO Hiroshige Seko, nā mea kuleana ʻelua i ka hana ʻana i ka politika i ke kālepa ʻelepani, nā kaohi ma luna o ke kālepa ʻelepani kūloko a me ka hoʻokō ʻana i ka hoʻonā CITES e pili ana me ka niho ʻelepani. (10.10) i Iāpana. Manaʻo ka ʻaha kūkā ʻo ka pani ʻana i kāna mākeke niho ʻelepani “e hoʻoikaika ai i ke kiʻi mālama honua o Iapana ma mua o ka Olumepika 2020 a me ka Paralympics”.

ʻO ka luna o ka ʻaha kūkā lunakahiko, ʻO Azizou El Hadj Issa, ua palapala aku hoʻi i ke Kuhina Kina no ko nā ʻāina ʻē, Kuhi, e hōʻike nei i ke aloha no kā Kina “kulekele mālama mālama mōʻaukala i ka pani ʻana i kāna mākeke ʻelepani home ma lalo o ke alakaʻi ʻana a Pelekikena Xi Jingping”, a noi aku iā Kina e kākoʻo i nā noi a ka AEC.

Kuhi nā leka i nā ʻāina ʻelua i ka i hoʻokuʻu houʻia ʻO ka hōʻike loiloi honua e pili ana i nā biodiversity a me nā lawelawe kaiaolaola, kahi e hōʻike nui ai i ka wikiwiki i ka pale ʻana i nā mea make e like me nā ʻelepani. Ua ʻike ʻia ka hōʻike e hoʻolalelale ana ka poʻe ʻelepani i ke kālepa. Hoʻomaopopo ka ʻaha kūkā o nā lunakahiko o ka AEC i ka holo pono ʻole ʻana o CITES i nā ʻelepani ʻApelika, ka hōʻailona o ka Convention.

Hoʻomaopopo nā leka ʻelua i ka AEC i kahi leo hui o ka hapanui o nā pae elepani ʻApelika a kūlike me ka manaʻo o ka lehulehu ākea a me ka hapa nui o nā ʻepekema elepani. ʻO kekahi mau ʻāina ʻApelika - alakaʻi ʻia na Botswana - makemake mau e hoʻohana i nā ʻelepani no kā lākou niho ʻelepani. Eia nō naʻe, ʻo ka mikiona o ka 32-country Coalition ka mālama ʻana i kahi heluna kanaka elephant maikaʻi a olakino hoʻi me ka ʻole o nā hoʻoweliweli mai ke kālepa ʻelepani honua.

He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:

ʻO ka leka i ke Kuhina Kono ke noi aku nei iā Iapana e pani i kāna mākeke niho ʻelepani, a ua kope ʻia i nā Kuhina no ke Kaiapuni, Yoshiaki Harada, a me ka Economy, Trade and Industry, Hiroshige Seko, nā mea ʻelua ke kuleana no ka hana ʻana i nā kulekele ma ke kālepa niho ʻelepani. , nā mana ma luna o ke kālepa niho ʻelepani kūloko a me ka hoʻokō ʻana i ka hoʻoholo CITES pili i ka niho ʻelepani (10.
Ua waiho mai ka AEC i kekahi mau palapala no ka 18th Conference of the Parties of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) a ke noi nei iā Iapana e kākoʻo i kā lākou mau manaʻo e hoʻoikaika i ka pale ʻana i nā ʻelepani.
ʻO ka ʻaha kūkā o nā lunakahiko o ka ʻApelika Elephant Coalition (AEC) nona nā ʻāina ʻo ʻApelika he 32 a me ka hapa nui o nā mokuʻāina elepani ʻApelika e kāhea ana i ke aupuni o Iapana e pani i kāna mākeke niho ʻelepani, i waena o nā mea nui loa o ka honua, a kākoʻo i ka pale ikaika o nā elepani o ʻApelika.