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  • Secretary Clinton: Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you all very much. Well, it's a

  • great delight to see all of you here. And as I look out on this audience, I see many

  • familiar faces from the diplomatic community. And I especially thank each and every one

  • of you for being here on this important issue. Congressman Moran, thank you for joining us

  • today. I'd also like to welcome Deputy Administrator Steinberg from USAID, Naoko Ishii of the Global

  • Environmental Facility. Thanks to Under Secretary Bob Hormats for his commitment to this issue,

  • along with Under Secretary Maria Otero and Under Secretary Tara Sonenshine and Assistant

  • Secretary Kerri-Ann Jones, and many others here in the State Department, and particularly

  • all of you from the conservation and wildlife community and the private sector who have

  • been involved in this issue for many years and have done extraordinary work. Unfortunately,

  • we now find ourselves with all of that positive effort that started 30, 40 years ago being

  • affected by changes that we have to address at every level of the international community.

  • Now, some of you might be wondering why a Secretary of State is keynoting an event about

  • wildlife trafficking and conservation, or why we are hosting this event at the State

  • Department in the first place. Well, I think it's because, as Bob Hormats has just pointed

  • out, and as the public service announcements reinforce, over the past few years wildlife

  • trafficking has become more organized, more lucrative, more widespread, and more dangerous

  • than ever before.

  • As the middle class grows, which we all welcome and support, in many nations items like ivory

  • or rhinoceros horn become symbols of wealth and social status. And so the demand for these

  • goods rises. By some estimates, the black market in wildlife is rivaled in size only

  • by trade in illegal arms and drugs. Today, ivory sells for nearly $1,000 per pound. Rhino

  • horns are literally worth their weight in gold, $30,000 per pound.

  • What's more, we are increasingly seeing wildlife trafficking has serious implications for the

  • security and prosperity of people around the world. Local populations that depend on wildlife,

  • either for tourism or sustenance, are finding it harder and harder to maintain their livelihoods.

  • Diseases are spreading to new corners of the globe through wildlife that is not properly

  • inspected at border crossings. Park rangers are being killed. And we have good reason

  • to believe that rebel militias are players in a worldwide ivory market worth millions

  • and millions of dollars a year.

  • So yes, I think many of us are here because protecting wildlife is a matter of protecting

  • our planet's natural beauty. We see it's a stewardship responsibility for us and this

  • generation and future generations to come. But it is also a national security issue,

  • a public health issue, and an economic security issue that is critical to each and every country

  • represented here.

  • We all, unfortunately, contribute to the continued demand for illegal animal goods. Wildlife

  • might be targeted and killed across Asia and Africa, but their furs, tusks, bones, and

  • horns are sold all over the world. Smuggled goods from poached animals find their way

  • to Europe, Australia, China, and the United States. I regret to say the United States

  • is the second-largest destination market for illegally trafficked wildlife in the world.

  • And that is something we are going to address.

  • Now, several conservation groups are here with us today, and we greatly appreciate their

  • invaluable work. But the truth is they cannot solve this problem alone. None of us can.

  • This is a global challenge that spans continents and crosses oceans, and we need to address

  • it with partnerships that are as robust and far-reaching as the criminal networks we seek

  • to dismantle.

  • Therefore, we need governments, civil society, businesses, scientists, and activists to come

  • together to educate people about the harms of wildlife trafficking. We need law enforcement

  • personnel to prevent poachers from preying on wildlife. We need trade experts to track

  • the movement of goods and help enforce existing trade laws. We need finance experts to study

  • and help undermine the black markets that deal in wildlife. And most importantly, perhaps,

  • we need to reach individuals, to convince them to make the right choices about the goods

  • they purchase.

  • Now, there's no quick fix, but by working closely, internationally, with all of these

  • partners, we can take important steps to protect wildlife in their environments and begin to

  • dry up the demand for trafficked goods. So with these goals in mind, the State Department

  • is pursuing a four-part strategy.

  • First, on the diplomatic front, we are working with leaders from around the world to develop

  • a global consensus on wildlife protection. I spoke with President Putin, Ambassador,

  • when we were together at the APEC summit in Vladivostok. He has been a staunch, vocal,

  • public supporter of Russian wildlife. And I think it's fair to say his personal efforts

  • over the last years have made the lives of tigers in Russia much safer. There's still

  • poaching, but at least there is a commitment from the highest level of the Russian Government

  • to protect the wildlife of Russia. In fact, when I was in Vladivostok, there were posters

  • everywhere with tigers on the pictures on the lampposts and walls and everywhere we

  • looked, reminding people that this was an important issue to Russia and the Russian

  • Government. And I worked - I had the great privilege of working with President Putin

  • and the other leaders there to make sure that the leaders' statement that was issued included,

  • for the first time ever, strong language on wildlife trafficking.

  • Now, Undersecretaries Bob Hormats and Maria Otero have met with African and Asian leaders

  • to discuss the immediate actions needed to thwart poachers. Next week, President Obama

  • and I will personally bring this message to our partners in ASEAN and the East Asia Summit

  • when we meet in Phnom Penh.

  • We are also pressing forward with efforts to protect marine life. And last week, we

  • joined forces with New Zealand to propose the world's largest marine protected area,

  • the Ross Sea region of Antarctica. And we hope to gain support from the international

  • community as this important proposal moves forward.

  • We're strengthening our ability to engage diplomatically on these and other scientific

  • issues. Building scientific partnerships is an important tool in addressing such global

  • challenges. That's why I'm pleased to announce our three new science envoys, Dr. Bernard

  • Amadei of the University of Colorado, the founder of Engineers Without Borders; Dr.

  • Susan Hockfield, the former president and currently faculty member of the Massachusetts

  • Institute of Technology; and renowned evolutionary biologist Dr. Barbara Schaal of Washington

  • University in St. Louis. Are these three scientists with us today? Are they? Okay. But I think

  • it's working to create a scientific consensus and very preeminent scientists from across

  • the world speaking out that is one of the important steps that we are urging partners

  • to join with us in doing.

  • Secondly, we are reaching beyond governments to enlist the support of people. As part of

  • this effort, Under Secretary Tara Sonenshine, our Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy,

  • is spearheading a global outreach campaign which we will launch December 4th on Wildlife

  • Conservation Day. Our embassies will use every tool at their disposal to raise awareness

  • about this issue, from honoring local activists, to spreading the word on Facebook and Twitter.

  • We want to make buying goods, products from trafficked wildlife, endangered species unacceptable,

  • socially unacceptable. We want friends to tell friends they don't want friends who ingest,

  • display, or otherwise use products that come from endangered species anywhere in the world.

  • Third, we're launching new initiatives to strengthen and expand enforcement areas. USAID

  • has already provided more than $24 million over the past five years on a range of programs

  • that combat wildlife crimes. Last year, they launched the ARREST program, which is establishing

  • regional centers of expertise and expanding training programs for law enforcement. We

  • really want to work with all of you, and we want both from countries that are victimized

  • by trafficking to countries where consumers are the end-buyers of such products.

  • Finally, this is a global issue, and it calls, therefore, for a concerted global response.

  • So I hope every government and organization here today will join the Coalition Against

  • Wildlife Trafficking. That is the global partnership for sharing information on poachers and illicit

  • traders. We'll also be convening meetings with traditional stakeholders like NGOs and

  • governments and with less traditional stakeholders like air and cruise line companies to discuss

  • new potential partnerships.

  • Some of the most successful initiatives we've seen so far are the regional wildlife enforcement

  • networks. These networks are critical to strengthening protection efforts and enhancing cooperation

  • among key countries. To build on these efforts, today I'm calling for the creation of a global

  • system of regional wildlife enforcement networks to take advantage of those networks that already

  • are operating and the lessons we have learned from them. The sooner we get this off the

  • ground, the better, and to that end, the State Department is pledging $100,000 to help get

  • this new global system up and running.

  • I want to mention one last step we're taking. Trafficking relies on porous borders, corrupt

  • officials, and strong networks of organized crime, all of which undermine our mutual security.

  • I'm asking the intelligence community to produce an assessment of the impact of large-scale

  • wildlife trafficking on our security interests so we can fully understand what we're up against.

  • When I was in Africa last summer, I was quite alarmed by the level of anxiety I heard from

  • leaders. It is one thing to be worried about the traditional poachers who come in and kill

  • and take a few animals, a few tusks, a few horns, or other animal parts. It's something

  • else when you've got helicopters, night vision goggles, automatic weapons, which pose a threat

  • to human life as well as wildlife. Local communities are becoming terrified. Local leaders are

  • telling their national leaders that they can lose control of large swaths of territory

  • to these criminal gangs. Where criminal gangs can come and go at their total discretion,

  • we know that begins to provide safe havens for other sorts of threats to people and governments.

  • So I think we have to look at this in a comprehensive, holistic way. And there's something for everybody.

  • If you love animals, if you want to see a more secure world, if you want our economy

  • not to be corrupted globally by this kind of illicit behavior, there is so much we can

  • do together. After all, the world's wildlife, both on land and in our waters, is such a

  • precious resource, but it is also a limited one. It cannot be manufactured. And once it's

  • gone, it cannot be replenished. And those who profit from it illegally are not just

  • undermining our borders and our economies. They are truly stealing from the next generation.

  • So we have to work together to stop them and ensure a sustainable future for our wildlife,

  • the people who live with them, and the people who appreciate them everywhere.

  • So let me thank you all for being here. I really appreciate the turnout, and it means

  • a great deal and the fact that so many ambassadors are here representing their countries - and

  • I particularly want to thank our colleagues, the Ambassador of Kenya, the Ambassador from

  • Indonesia, for taking a leading role in this effort. We want to hear your ideas. These

  • are our ideas, but we really are soliciting your ideas - what works, what can we do better,

  • how can we make a difference. Let's put the poachers out of business and build a more

  • secure and prosperous world for all of us, and particularly for children generations

  • to come.

  • Thank you, all. (Applause.)

Secretary Clinton: Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you all very much. Well, it's a

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