Kering reports highlight sustainability of python farming
27/09/2016
The three reports, which were presented at the Conference of the Parties to CITES in Johannesburg on September 25, are: “Sustainable Management of the Trade in Reticulated Python Skins in Indonesia and Malaysia", “Trade in Python Skins: Impact on Livelihoods in Viet Nam” and “Trade in Python Skins: Impact on Livelihoods in Peninsular Malaysia”.
The reports found that the wild harvesting and farming of pythons in Sumatra, Indonesia is ecologically sustainable. It also showed that sustainable trade has helped to limit size and to monitor harvests.
In Malaysia and Vietnam, the PCP says python farming has improved the economic situation of poor households by allowing them to diversify their earnings. This has given them a more sustainable income.
The PCP was created in 2013 to assess the socio-economic benefits of python farming, its economic sustainability and its environmental impact. A first report, published in 2014, examined the practicality of farming pythons.
Kering said the publishing of the three reports marks the end of the PCP’s research phase. It will now compile and release guidelines for animal welfare and management in python farms and facilities. It added that in 2017 the partnership will look to incorporate a larger group of stakeholders from within the python trade in order to implement “positive and durable change in the industry”.
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