The surroundings ministry on Thursday stated a information file on Namibia searching for India’s help for lifting a UN ban on alternate of ivory as a part of the cheetah deal “in large part is predicated on speculation, rumour and now no longer on facts”. India and Namibia had on July 20 signed a % on “natural world conservation and sustainable biodiversity utilisation”. The MoU stated the 2 international locations “have to are seeking to sell biodiversity conservation with unique cognizance on conservation and recovery of cheetah of their former variety regions from which they went extinct” and “sharing and alternate of knowledge and capacities geared toward selling cheetah conservation in international locations”.
The file stated: “While the phrase ivory has now no longer been mentioned, Namibia has already sought India’s backing, below the dedication to help ‘sustainable management’ at CITES, for its longstanding concept to permit alternate in ivory derived from elephants.” The ministry in a announcement stated: “The story ‘Under Cheetah deal, sought India’s help on lifting ivory ban: Namibia’ posted through Indian Express on thirteenth October, 2022 in large part is predicated on speculation, rumour and now no longer on facts.”
“Though the settlement signed among the Government of the Republic of Namibia and Government of the Republic of India includes ‘natural world conservation and sustainable biodiversity utilization’ as one of the regions of cooperation, this can’t be construed as help for lifting the ban on alternate in endangered species,” the announcement read. It stated the Indian authorities has now no longer obtained any written verbal exchange from Namibia concerning lifting of the ban on ivory alternate.
“As sovereign international locations, each India and Namibia will examine their positions on sustainable biodiversity utilisation withinside the ambit of settlement primarily based totally at the standards of mutual respect, sovereignty, equality and withinside the great hobby of the parties,” it stated.Trade of natural world frame elements is banned below the United Nations Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES). Namibia and some different international locations together with Botswana and South Africa need CITES to boost the ban on sure natural world merchandise to be able to promote stockpiles of ivory and different natural world elements the world over and generate sales for natural world conservation.