Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2010-02-09-Speech-2-293"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2010-02-09"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Key objectives for the Conference of the Parties to the CITES (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"pl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20100209.15.2-293"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2010-02-09-Speech-2-2942
lpv:speaker	lp:Bogusław Sonik2
lpv:spokenAs	member; EPP (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 member; Delegation for relations with Iran (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 unknown; Platforma Obywatelska (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the countries of Central America (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 substitute; LIBE (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 vice-chair; ENVI (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 substitute; Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, many cases of the illegal smuggling of endangered animals have been noted in Member States of the European Union. At border checks, customs officials find birds pushed inside bottles and turtles squeezed in between the body and upholstery of cars. According to a report of the Polish Customs Service, in 2008, a record number of as many as 200 889 live specimens of protected animals and products made from protected animals were intercepted at the border. In India, an inept fight against smugglers has led to a situation in which a dramatic rise in poaching has once again threatened the population of the Bengal tiger, for example. The European Union, which has common external borders, should take particular care not to become a market where protected species of animals or plants are smuggled or brought in with impunity. The European Commission should place particular emphasis on an educational campaign and appropriate communication with citizens. The objective of this policy should be to raise the awareness of European tourists. For every year, customs officials find products made from specimens of disappearing animal and plant species in the suitcases of Europeans returning from foreign trips. The debate currently under way on the population of bluefin tuna is most certainly justified. The statistics speak for themselves. Over the last 50 years, the population of this species has fallen by as much as 75%. Stocks of tuna in the Mediterranean Sea are also gravely threatened. Inclusion of the bluefin tuna in Appendix I to the CITES convention would appear to be fully justified and the only way to prevent its becoming extinct."@en1
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