19/04/2016
https://www.facebook.com/hithamsawie/posts/463431323866598
"Psittacus erithacus"
Psittacus erithacus project to curb the illegal trade of birds, The African grey parrot "Chico" with African man "Hamed" By: Hitham Sawie.
مشروع Psittacus erithacus للحد من التجارة الغير شرعية للطيور تم تصوير الببغاء الرمادي الافريقي والموجود في الصور "Chico" مع الشخصية الأفريقية "Hamed" تصوير هيثم الصويعي.
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ضمن دراسة برنامج IUCN العالمي للأنواع والذي يعمل مع لجنة IUCN لحماية والمحافظة على الأنواع والأصناف والقطعان the IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC) والتي تعمل على مدى السنوات ال 50 الماضية من أجل تسليط الضوء على الأنواع المهددة بالانقراض.
http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/22724813/0
وكان من ضمن هذه الدراسة تسليط الضوء على الببغاء الرمادي الأفريقي والذي تزايد عليه الطلب عالمياً لذكائه وقدرته على تقليد الأصوات بشكل مميز، واستغلال اقدامه وذيله الأحمر في العلاج والسحر الأسود.
It is one of the most popular avian pets in Europe, the United States, and the Middle East due to its longevity and unparalleled ability to mimic human speech and other sounds. Demand for wild birds is also increasing in China, and increased presence of Chinese businesses in central Africa (particularly for mining, oil and logging) may increase illegal exports of this species (F. Maisels in litt. 2006, H. Rainey in litt. 2006). From 1982 to 2001, over 657,000 wild-caught individuals of both erithacus and timneh (the vast majority erithacus) entered international trade (UNEP-WCMC 2005). Considering estimates for pre-export mortality, the number of birds extracted from the wild during this period may well have numbered over 1 million (A. Michels in litt. 2012). In the late 1990s and early 2000s Cameroon exported an annual quota of 10,000 birds; estimates that c90% of trapped birds died before reaching Douala airport suggest that some 100,000 birds per year were being captured in Cameroon during that period (F. Dowsett-Lemaire in litt. 2012). Official statistics give exports of 367,166 individuals from Cameroon in the period 1981-2005, and the country accounted for 48% of exports between 1990-1996 (Waugh 2010). Up to 10,000 wild-caught birds from the Democratic Republic of the Congo are apparently imported into South Africa each year (S. Boyes in litt. 2011). Because it concentrates in traditional roosting, drinking and mineral lick sites, it is especially vulnerable to trapping pressure. Habitat loss is undoubtedly having significant impacts, particularly throughout West and East Africa. In addition to capture for international trade, there is an active internal trade in live birds for pets and exhibition (McGowan 2001, Clemmons 2003, A. Michels in litt. 2012). The species is also hunted in parts of the range as bushmeat and to supply heads, legs and tail feathers for use as medicine or in black magic (Fotso 1998, McGowan 2001, Clemmons 2003, A. Michels in litt. 2012).
