Chapter 2: State of the Environment and Policy Response


Case study Box 2.4.2: Addressing illegal wildlife trade in Saudi Arabia


In order to protect wild species of fauna from hunting for the purpose of trade, several laws and regulations have been promulgated by the government of Saudi Arabia. In 1989, a hunting law was established which banned hunting without a license, defined regulations governing such practices and identified the consequences of non-compliance through a set of penalties. In 1996 the government of Saudi Arabia acceded to CITES, which regulates international trade in listed species, and CITES legislation was introduced in 2001. Despite the presence of laws and regulations controlling wildlife trade in Saudi Arabia, there have been few reports of violations or ensuing prosecutions relating to illegal trade, or of its magnitude or any associated conservation implications.


A study performed by Aloufi and Eid (2014) shows the urgent need to strengthen law enforcement as well as establish an awareness campaign to conserve the country’s threatened species. In order for law enforcement of wildlife trade to be an effective conservation tool, it is crucial that the implementing agencies recognize the scale of national trade in animal species, especially birds, which constitute the majority of specimens traded in the market.


Table 2.4.1 West Asia, parties to biodiversity-related conventions (CBD 2015)


Country/ convention


Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)


Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety


Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources


Bahrain Jordan Iraq


Kuwait


Lebanon Oman Qatar


Saudi Arabia OPT Syria UAE


Yemen


x x x x x x x x x x x x


x x x


x x x x


x x x


x x


International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources


Convention on


International Trade in


Endangered Species (CITES)


x


x x x x x x x


x x x


x x x x x x x


x x x


x x x x x x


x x x


x x x


75


Convention on Migratory Species (CMS)


Ramsar


Convention on Wetlands


Page 1  |  Page 2  |  Page 3  |  Page 4  |  Page 5  |  Page 6  |  Page 7  |  Page 8  |  Page 9  |  Page 10  |  Page 11  |  Page 12  |  Page 13  |  Page 14  |  Page 15  |  Page 16  |  Page 17  |  Page 18  |  Page 19  |  Page 20  |  Page 21  |  Page 22  |  Page 23  |  Page 24  |  Page 25  |  Page 26  |  Page 27  |  Page 28  |  Page 29  |  Page 30  |  Page 31  |  Page 32  |  Page 33  |  Page 34  |  Page 35  |  Page 36  |  Page 37  |  Page 38  |  Page 39  |  Page 40  |  Page 41  |  Page 42  |  Page 43  |  Page 44  |  Page 45  |  Page 46  |  Page 47  |  Page 48  |  Page 49  |  Page 50  |  Page 51  |  Page 52  |  Page 53  |  Page 54  |  Page 55  |  Page 56  |  Page 57  |  Page 58  |  Page 59  |  Page 60  |  Page 61  |  Page 62  |  Page 63  |  Page 64  |  Page 65  |  Page 66  |  Page 67  |  Page 68  |  Page 69  |  Page 70  |  Page 71  |  Page 72  |  Page 73  |  Page 74  |  Page 75  |  Page 76  |  Page 77  |  Page 78  |  Page 79  |  Page 80  |  Page 81  |  Page 82  |  Page 83  |  Page 84  |  Page 85  |  Page 86  |  Page 87  |  Page 88  |  Page 89  |  Page 90  |  Page 91  |  Page 92  |  Page 93  |  Page 94  |  Page 95  |  Page 96  |  Page 97  |  Page 98  |  Page 99  |  Page 100  |  Page 101  |  Page 102  |  Page 103  |  Page 104  |  Page 105  |  Page 106  |  Page 107  |  Page 108  |  Page 109  |  Page 110  |  Page 111  |  Page 112  |  Page 113  |  Page 114  |  Page 115  |  Page 116  |  Page 117  |  Page 118  |  Page 119  |  Page 120  |  Page 121  |  Page 122  |  Page 123  |  Page 124  |  Page 125  |  Page 126  |  Page 127  |  Page 128  |  Page 129  |  Page 130  |  Page 131  |  Page 132  |  Page 133  |  Page 134  |  Page 135  |  Page 136  |  Page 137  |  Page 138  |  Page 139  |  Page 140  |  Page 141  |  Page 142  |  Page 143  |  Page 144  |  Page 145  |  Page 146  |  Page 147  |  Page 148  |  Page 149  |  Page 150  |  Page 151  |  Page 152  |  Page 153  |  Page 154  |  Page 155  |  Page 156