VOI - Voice of Indonesia | RRI - Radio Republik Indonesia

The United Nations calls for a global ban on wildlife markets. This is important to be implemented to prevent the emergence of a pandemic in the future. Acting Executive Secretary of the United Nations Convention for Biological Diversity, Elizabeth Maruma Mrema said countries must prevent future pandemics by banning "wet markets" that sell wild and dead wild animals for human consumption. Mrema when interviewed by the Guardian recently said it would be good to ban the live animal market as did China and several countries. But banning the wild animal market can also open up the possibility of illegal wildlife trade. Some species are on the verge of extinction due to this practice. Mrema believes that there really needs to be an alternative solution to overcome this situation//REP