Jeopardizing environmental security by illegal trafficking in plant and animal species

Abstract

Biological diversity is a necessary prerequisite for survival and development of any population of living things. Preservation and protection of biological diversity in the nature provide basic living conditions, but illegal trafficking in endangered and rare wildlife species presents a grave threat to environmental security. The paper analyzes specific features of illegal trafficking in rare and endangered plant and animal species, focusing in particular on the analysis of illegal trafficking in the territory of Serbia. In order to ensure environmental security, prevention and suppression of illegal trafficking in rare and endangered species of plants and animals have been dealt with within the international Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES).

Biološka raznovrsnost je osnovni uslov opstanka i napretka bilo koje populacije živih bića. Očuvanjem i zaštitom biološke raznovrsnosti u prirodi obezbeđuju se osnovni životni uslovi, a nedozvoljena trgovina ugroženim i retkim vrstama divlje flore i faune velika je pretnja bezbednosti životne sredine. U radu su analizirane specifičnosti nedozvoljene trgovine ugroženim i retkim biljnim i životinjskim vrstama, sa posebnim osvrtom na analizu nedozvoljene trgovine na području teritorije Republike Srbije. U cilju ostvarivanja bezbednosti životne sredine, sprečavanje i suzbijanje nedozvoljene trgovine ugroženim i retkim vrstama divlje flore i faune analizirano je kroz međunarodnu Konvenciju o međunarodnoj trgovini ugroženim vrstama divlje faune i flore (CITES).