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Japanese NGOs for Animal Protection

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Convention on Biological Persity
The world must strive for healthy biopersity for the protection of human well-beings. However, the destruction of natural habitat, extinction of animal species, and threatened ecological cycles continue to haunt our planet. At the Convention on Biological Persity’s (CBD) Conference of the Parties in Nagoya, Japan, many nations pledged for stronger commitment to protect the species and ecosystems that feed the nation, cure diseases and enrich our cultures. CBD is working with governments in pursuit of this objective.
What is the CBD?

Japanese NGOs for Animal Protection

CBD was created in 1992 by the United Nations, an international treaty that aims to conserve global biopersity, promote sustainable resource use and facilitate fair and equitable sharing of resource benefits by all stakeholders. Japan NGO’s positively supports CBD, thus, at the Nagoya meeting, world leaders are reconvening to create new biopersity conservation targets for the next decade.

CBD appeal to the US
The Japan Civil Network for the Convention on Biological Persity (CBD) which represents over 90 environmentalist groups and thousands of concerned inpiduals appealed to US President and members of the US senate urging the United States to ratify the CBD treaty. Prof. Kinhide Mushakoji, former UN University Vice Rector and CBD Civil Network senior adviser, observes, “The vast environmental and social dimensions of the biopersity emergency require the involvement and commitment of all the world’s governments. The United States played a vital role in the creation of the CBD and we now ask them to renew that leadership.”

Japan CBD
The Japan CBD Civil Network joins a broad coalition of US environmental NGOs, the Senate International Conservation Caucus Foundation, and UN Goodwill Ambassador for Biopersity. Edward Norton urgently called to the US for belated CBD ratification to help resolve the most obvious threats now facing the biosphere. According to CBD Civil Network US liaison and COP10.org administrator, W. David Kubiak, “The Japanese appeal coincides with the opening of COP10, the 10th Conference of Parties to the CBD, in Nagoya, Japan where nearly 14,000 delegates are now gathering to renegotiate the treaty and set new goals for 2020.” He further said, “Although few Americans have heard of COP10, many observers believe it may be the most important environmental conference the world has ever seen in terms of scope, potential impact, and repercussions for future eco-treaty legislation.” He likewise stressed that, “It is not just species and ecosystems facing danger at COP10; if this conference also fails, the entire future of the UN treaty process is deeply imperiled as well.”

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The Extinct Animals in Asia

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Asia is a good breeding ground to millions of animal species. Accordingly, there are over 15,000 animal species endangered worldwide. And just like the others regions, the survival of our endangered animals in Asia are also threatened due to man-made destruction of natural habitats and irresponsible human activity. Such human interventions include: overexploitation, loss of habitat, and poaching of endangered animals. In addition to that, the effect of global warming had affected the environment where these animals live. The list of our endangered animals included the following:

Asian Endangered Animals

1. Asian Elephant. Commonly known as the Indian Elephant, they are found in the regions of South Central and Southeast Asia, particularly in the jungles of Bangladesh Bhutan, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Thailand, Sri Lanka, Nepal, and Kampuchea;

2. Agile Gibbon: They are found in Malaysia, Thailand, and Indonesia. They live in family groups, spending much of their time high in the canopy of tropical forests.

3. Asian Tiger: There are nine sub-species of Asian tigers. Some of them are Bengal tigers, the Indochinese tigers, Malayan tigers, Sumatran tigers, Corbett’s tigers, Manchurian or Siberian tigers, and the South China tigers. It is estimated that only 40,000 of endangered Asian tigers are alive;

4. Bornean Orangutan: They are found only in the rainforests of Borneo and can be found mostly in trees;

5. The Chinese Alligator: This endangered animal is found in the lower area of Yangtze River basin in China. They prefer to live in slow-moving fresh-water rivers, ponds, and swamps;

6. Dugong: They generally live in shallow salty waters. They are large, gray, streamlined animals with concave tails, and nostrils at the top of their heads;

7. Great Indian One-horned Rhinoceros: This endangered animal is widely hunted for its horn, which is believed to possess aphrodisiac properties. It is said that only 1,500 of them are alive today. They are mainly found in captivity in Kaziranga and Orange national parks;

8. Snow Leopard: They are mainly found in the upper regions of Himalayas and the mountains of Central Asia. They can scale altitudes of 1,800 meters in winter to 5,500 meters in summer;

9. Rhesus monkeys are known for intelligence and considered to be the most widespread genus in the world, aside from humans. They have an incredible memory, and has the ability to learn many things. Rhesus monkey can mimic the facial expression very similar to humans. They have refined vocal systems similar to that of human beings.

Reference: Illustrated Encyclopedia of endangered animals.

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