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Illegal use of natural resources in federal protected areas of the Brazilian Amazon [PDF]
PeerJ, 2017 Background The Brazilian Amazon is the world’s largest rainforest regions and plays a key role in biodiversity conservation as well as climate adaptation and mitigation.
Érico E. Kauano +2 more
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Trichinella spiralis in a cougar (Puma concolor) hunted by poachers in Chile
Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária, 2021 Trichinellosis is a zoonosis caused by nematodes of the Trichinella genus, of which 10 species have been described. Species identification when larvae is found is only possible using molecular tools.
Diana Maritza Echeverry +6 more
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FALL ILLEGAL KILL OF FEMALE WILD TURKEYS IN VIRGINIA AND WEST VIRGINIA
Wildlife Society Bulletin, 2005 : State wildlife agencies recognize illegal kill of eastern wild turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo silvestris) occurs but the extent of losses are often unknown. As part of a 5‐year cooperative study of population dynamics of female wild turkeys in our region,
Gary W. Norman +3 more
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Endangered Species Research, 2021 The endangered oribi antelope Ourebia ourebi is highly dependent on privately owned lands for its continued survival in South Africa. Despite the fact that conserving oribi may result in costs to farmers in the form of land use restrictions and pressures
AJ Louw, EF Pienaar, AM Shrader
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ILLEGAL HEN KILL ‐ A MAJOR TURKEY MORTALITY FACTOR1
Wildlife Society Bulletin, 1985 Illegal kill was found to be a major cause of wild turkey hen (Meleagris gallopavo silvestris) mortality in northern Missouri. Thirty‐two turkey hens were instrumented in 1981 and in 1982; the sample was increased to 71 in 1984.
Vicki L. Kimmel, Eric W. Kurzejeski
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The status of elephant on the Zambian bank of the Middle Zambezi Valley
Pachyderm, 1993 The elephant population in the middle Zambezi has been one of the most heavily affected by hunting in southern Central Africa. Since the 15th Century when the Portuguese invaded the area, elephants have never recovered from legal and illegal hunting. In
Glory Chanda, Ackim Tembo
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Investigating the international and pan‐African trade in giraffe parts and derivatives
Conservation Science and Practice, 2021 Three of the four newly distinguished giraffe species are in significant decline. Concern over the species' threat status prompted a proposal to list the giraffe, which is still recognized as a single species by the IUCN, in Appendix II of the Convention
Matilda E. Dunn +6 more
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Preliminary assessment of illegal hunting by communities adjacent to the northern Gonarezhou National Park, Zimbabwe [PDF]
, 2011 Illegal hunting of wildlife is a major issue in today’s society, particularly in tropical ecosystems. In this study, a total of 114 local residents from eight villages located in four wards adjacent to the northern Gonarezhou National Park, south-eastern
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LLM‐Integrated Human–Robot Interaction System for Microrobots
Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.This paper proposes an LLM‐based control framework for guiding microrobots using human natural language. This framework can convert the natural human speech into safe and executable command sets for reliable navigation in complex environments. The experimental results show high accuracy and robustness in task performance, demonstrating the potential of
Bairong Zhu, Amar Salehi, Tingting Yu
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Community empowerment for managing wild boar: a longitudinal case study of northern Italy 2001-2018
Ecology and Society, 2018 We studied the issue of wild boar (Sus scrofa) management over 17 years (2001-2018) in Piedmont, one of Italy's northern regions. The community empowerment (CE) approach discussed here involved two main interventions.
Stefano Giacomelli +2 more
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