Internationally protected animals

Japanese: 国際保護動物 - こくさいほごどうぶつ
Internationally protected animals

A rare animal designated by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) as being in danger of extinction unless special protection is given.

Specifically, it refers to species listed in the Red Data Book compiled and published by the IUCN, which has made the need for protection known to the countries in which they inhabit. This includes the Japanese crested ibis, the Iriomote wildcat, and the albatross. In a broader sense, it refers to all animals related to internationally protected birds and species registered under the Washington Convention.

Internationally protected birds are 13 species, including the Japanese crested ibis, albatross and California condor, that were designated as endangered species by BirdLife International (formerly the International Bird Conservation Council, established in 1922) at the 12th Tokyo Conference (1960). However, the number of birds that are endangered has increased significantly since then, and now the designation only has a symbolic meaning.

In addition, animals listed in Appendix I and II of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), which was adopted in 1973 to regulate international trade in and protect endangered wild fauna and flora, are also internationally protected species.

[Nobuo Kase]

"Dying Wildlife" by Pierre Lorenzo Florio et al., translated by Imaizumi Yoshinori et al. (1984, Shogakukan)""Dying Wildlife" by Ono Mitsuharu and Kase Nobuo (1986, Fukutake Shoten) " ▽ "Natural Monuments of the World" by Obara Hideo, 9 volumes (1987, Kodansha)""The Final Extinction: Protecting the Sinking Ark" edited by L. Kaufman and K. Mallory, translated by Song Jeongsook and Nagato Toyono (1990, Chijin Shokan)""Why is it necessary to protect living things? The concept of biodiversity" edited and translated by Fujikura Ryo, by Walter V. Reed and Kenton R. Miller (1994, Diamond Publishing)"

[References] | International Union for Conservation of Nature | Internationally Protected Birds | Endangered Species | Animal Protection | Red Data Book | Washington Convention

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

国際自然保護連合(IUCN)が、特別に保護しないと絶滅のおそれがあると指定した希少動物。

 具体的にはIUCNが編集し発行している『レッド・データ・ブック』Red Data Bookに記載されている種のことで、それぞれの動物が生息する当事国に保護の必要性を周知させている動物をいう。そのなかには日本のトキ、イリオモテヤマネコ、アホウドリなども含まれる。さらに広義には、国際保護鳥や、ワシントン条約登録種などに関連のある動物のすべてということになる。

 国際保護鳥とは、バードライフ・インターナショナル(旧称、国際鳥類保護会議、1922年設立)が第12回東京会議(1960)で指定した、絶滅の危機に瀕(ひん)しているトキ、アホウドリ、カリフォルニアコンドルなどの13種のことである。しかし、その後絶滅の危機にある鳥類もかなり増えており、現在ではシンボル的な意味しかないといえる。

 また、絶滅のおそれのある野生の動植物の国際取引を規制し、その保護を図るため1973年に採択されたワシントン条約(CITES(サイテス))のなかの、付属書ⅠとⅡに記載されている動物についても国際保護動物となっている。

[加瀬信雄]

『ピエール・ロレンツォ・フローリオ他著、今泉吉典他訳『滅びゆく野生動物』(1984・小学館)』『小野満春・加瀬信雄著『滅びゆく野生』(1986・福武書店)』『小原秀雄著『世界の天然記念物』全9巻(1987・講談社)』『L・カウフマン、K・マロリー編、宋貞淑・永戸豊野訳『最後の絶滅――沈みゆく方舟を守る』(1990・地人書館)』『ウォルター・V・リード、ケントン・R・ミラー著、藤倉良編訳『生物の保護はなぜ必要か――バイオダイバシティ「生物の多様性」という考え方』(1994・ダイヤモンド社)』

[参照項目] | 国際自然保護連合 | 国際保護鳥 | 絶滅危惧種 | 動物保護 | レッド・データ・ブック | ワシントン条約

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