A. Species
Scientific name: Gekko gecko
Common name(s): Tokay gecko
Global IUCN Red List Threat Status: Least Concern
B. Location of use
Geographic location(s):
- Indonesia
Country/Region:
C. Scale of assessment
Scale of assessment: National Level
Name/Details of location: Throughout the Indonesian Archipelago, except the western region of New Guinea, which are consisted of Papua and West Papua Provinces
D. Timescale of use
Start Year: 2013
End Year: 2022
E. Information about the use
How is the wild species sourced?: Wild species sourced from its natural habitat, Wild species sourced from significantly modified habitat and Wild species sourced from the wild but reared/cultivated in a managed site
Type of use: Extractive
Practice of use: Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals
Lethal or non-lethal: Lethal and Non-Lethal
Does this use involve take/extraction of: The whole entire organism
Purpose(s) of end use: Food and feed and Medicine and hygiene
Motivation of use: Basic subsistence, Income generation from trade (individual/household/community) and Largescale commercial exploitation for trade
Is this use legal or illegal?: Legal under national law
F. Information about the Users
Which stakeholder(s) does the record primarily focus on?: Local people and National / local government
G. Information about the sustainability of use
Is there evidence that the use is having an impact on the target species?: Wild species sourced from its natural habitat, Wild species sourced from significantly modified habitat and Wild species sourced from the wild but reared/cultivated in a managed site
Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from an ecological perspective been recorded?: Yes, considered sustainable
Details of assessment carried out: CITES-NDF
Brief summary on why the use has been assessed/judged to be sustainable or unsustainable: Thanks to annual export quotas (implemented in 2013) and the biological resilience of geckos to high rates of off-take, the NDF assessment is that the Indonesian population is no longer vulnerable to large-scale decline. NDF Scores: Biological resilience = 1.2 Hunting pressure effect = 1.4 Trade pressure effect = 1.67 Management = 1
Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from an economic perspective been recorded?: Yes, considered sustainable
Details of assessment carried out: CITES NDF
Brief summary on why the use has been assessed/judged to be sustainable or unsustainable: Current, quota regulated, rates of off-take are not jeopardizing the Tokay gecko population, therefore, economics based on this exploitation and international trade should be sustainable (in most provinces). individuals weighing one ounce (=100 grams) are valued at Rp. 5,000/individual (USD$ 0.33).
Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from a social perspective been recorded?: No, sustainability not determined
Details of assessment carried out: CITES NDR
Brief summary on why the use has been assessed/judged to be sustainable or unsustainable: Implicitly, any social dimension relating to trade in Tokay geckoes should also be sustainable.
Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from a human health perspective been recorded?: not recorded
Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from an animal health/welfare perspective been recorded?: not recorded
Recommendations provided in the record to maintain or enhance the sustainability of the use of the target species
Regulations limiting the size of the body length (SVL) that can be captured (harvested). CITES monitoring of body size restriction rules. Stricter control of Gekko gecko captive breeding. Appropriate and data-based setting on annual export quotas.
Record source
Information about the record source: scientific_pub
Date of publication/issue/production: 2023-01-01T00:00:00+0000
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Date of record entry: 2023-09-12