{"id":58237,"date":"2023-11-13T16:49:25","date_gmt":"2023-11-13T16:49:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/meft-cautions-against-rhino-import-trend"},"modified":"2023-11-13T17:05:54","modified_gmt":"2023-11-13T17:05:54","slug":"meft-cautions-against-rhino-import-trend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/meft-cautions-against-rhino-import-trend","title":{"rendered":"MEFT cautions against rhino import trend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Namibia. <\/strong><\/span>The Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Tourism has cautioned Namibian Registered Game Dealers to guard against importing live white rhinoceros from South Africa (SA) to re-export to countries outside their natural distribution ranges<\/p>\n<p>This, according to the ministry\u2019s spokesperson Romeo Muyunda, has become a concerning trend to the ministry which might disadvantage Namibian farmers or game dealers in case they want to export white rhinoceros of Namibian origin.<\/p>\n<p>Muyunda, in a press statement on Sunday, said: \u201cSouth Africa has stricter domestic measures in place that do not allow the export of some wildlife species. Namibian private farmers, especially registered Game Dealers are cautioned not to engage in such transactions as they will not be supported within the provisions of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES).<\/p>\n<p>We will not allow Namibia to be used to circumvent the South African laws,\u201d Muyunda said, while noting the ministry values and respects its relationship with the said registered game dealers and would like to maintain such.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFurthermore, we are committed to upholding the rule of law hence we cannot engage in activities that undermine either our domestic laws or those of other countries. In the long run, this would be detrimental to our conservation as it may lead to international trade suspensions for Namibia due to non-compliance with the provisions of the CITES Convention,\u201d Muyunda said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\">Namibia<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Namibia. The Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Tourism has cautioned Namibian Registered Game Dealers to guard against importing live white rhinoceros from South Africa (SA) to re-export to countries outside their natural distribution ranges This, according to the ministry\u2019s spokesperson Romeo Muyunda, has become a concerning trend to the ministry which might disadvantage [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":58235,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3],"tags":[234,236,233],"class_list":["post-58237","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-namibia","tag-namibia"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>MEFT cautions against rhino import trend - 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