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カワウソの輸入禁止へ　ペット需要で密輸横行

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ペットとして日本でも人気のカワウソの輸入が禁止されます。
Otters, the popular pets in Japan, are prohibited to import.
絶滅の恐れがある野生生物の国際的な商業取引を規制する「ワシントン条約」の締約国会議がスイスで開かれています。
A plenary meeting of the members of the treaty, also known as the Washington Convention, which regulates the international commercial trade of endangered wildlife, was held in Switzerland.
その委員会で、コツメカワウソとビロードカワウソの国際取引を禁止する案が可決されました。
The committee approved to ban international trade of Kotsumeka otters and velvet otters.
コツメ・カワウソとビロード・カワウソは日本などでペットとして人気で、
Kotsume otters and velvet otters are popular pets in Japan and other countries,
東南アジアからの密輸が横行しています。
and they are prevalently smuggled from Southeast Asia.
生息数は、過去30年間で少なくとも30％減少しているということです。
Their number has been reduced by at least 30% over the last 30 years.

ペットとして日本でも人気のカワウソの輸入が禁止されます。

輸入

Importation, import, introduction; afferent

日本

Japan

人気

Sign of life, human presence; humanity, humaneness

禁止

Prohibition, inhibition, ban

ペット

Pet; trumpet

として

As (i.e. in the role of), for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that..., trying to..
絶滅の恐れがある野生生物の国際的な商業取引を規制する「ワシントン条約」の締約国会議がスイスで開かれています。

会議

Meeting, conference, session, assembly, council, convention, congress

国際

International

開く

To open, to undo, to unseal, to unpack; to bloom, to unfold, to spread out; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.), to widen; to hold (meeting, etc.), to give, to open; to found (nation, dynasty, sect, etc.), to open (a new business), to set up, to establish, to start; to open (ports, borders, etc.); to open (an account); to open up (new land, path, etc.), to clear, to develop; to open (a file, etc.); to extract (root), to reduce (equation); to cut open (fish); to change (kanji into hiragana); to flare (e.g. skirt); to slacken (into a poor posture)

生物

Raw food, perishables

絶滅

Destruction, extinction

商業

Commerce, trade, business

的

Mark, target

条約

Treaty, pact

恐れ

Fear, horror, anxiety, concern, uneasiness

規制

Regulation, (traffic) policing, control, restriction

国

Country, state; region; national government, central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); province (of japan); land, earth

取引

Transactions, dealings, business

野生

Wild, growing wild; i

締約

Conclusion of a treaty
その委員会で、コツメカワウソとビロードカワウソの国際取引を禁止する案が可決されました。

国際

International

案

Idea, plan, thought; draft plan, motion, rough copy; expectation

委員

Committee member

会

Meeting, assembly, party; association, club

禁止

Prohibition, inhibition, ban

可決

Approval, adoption (e.g. motion, bill), passage

取引

Transactions, dealings, business
コツメ・カワウソとビロード・カワウソは日本などでペットとして人気で、

日本

Japan

人気

Sign of life, human presence; humanity, humaneness

ペット

Pet; trumpet

として

As (i.e. in the role of), for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that..., trying to..
東南アジアからの密輸が横行しています。

横行

Walking sideways, staggering, striding; being rampant, being widespread, being prevalent

東南アジア

Southeast asia

密輸

Smuggling, contraband trade
生息数は、過去30年間で少なくとも30％減少しているということです。

年間

Year (period of)

過去

The past, bygone days, the previous; a past (i.e. a personal history one would prefer remained secret), one''s past; past (tense), preterit, preterite; previous life

数

Several, a number of; number, numeral, figure; destiny, fate; law

少なくとも

At least

減少

Decrease, reduction, decline

生息

Inhabiting, living