Hidden or inadvertent illegal amphibian trade? Genetic analyses reveal Quasipaa spinosa misidentified as Hoplobatrachus chinensis in the trade [PDF]
Nature ConservationAmphibian misidentification within the commercial wildlife trade represents a growing challenge for biodiversity conservation and wildlife regulation.
Xiaoli Zhang +3 more
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Environmental Toxicology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT As top predators, terrestrial carnivores face great risk of pesticide exposure and serve as sentinels of environmental contamination. Additionally, terrestrial carnivores are frequently threatened by intentional or secondary poisoning with highly toxic compounds, such as carbamates and organophosphates.
Marina Pellegrino da Silva +10 more
wiley +1 more source
Designing Integrated Conservation and Development Projects (ICDPs): Illegal hunting, wildlife conservation and the welfare of the local people [PDF]
This paper develops a bio-economic model to explore the effect on illegal hunting, wildlife conservation and human welfare of the most common instruments of existing ICDPs.
Anne Borge Johannesen
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Illegal wildlife trade and other organised crime: A scoping review. [PDF]
Ambio, 2022 Anagnostou M, Doberstein B.
europepmc +1 more source
‘Reservoir dogs’: The emerging zoonotic risk associated with European dog imports to the UK
Veterinary Record, EarlyView.Abstract Background The movement of dogs from continental Europe to the UK poses a growing public health threat due to the associated risk of disease incursions. Current legislation is insufficient to address the risks and pre‐import control measures are focused only on rabies virus and the fox tapeworm Echinococcus multilocularis. Methods We conducted
Poppy Simonson +2 more
wiley +1 more source
Wildlife Conservation Policies and Incentives to Hunt: An empirical analysis of illegal hunting in western Serengeti, Tanzania [PDF]
This paper investigates factors determining participation and effort in illegal hunting, using cross-section survey data from households in western Serengeti, Tanzania.
Anne Borge Johannesen
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Understanding the social impacts of enforcement activities on illegal wildlife trade in China. [PDF]
Ambio, 2022 Hu S, Cheng Y, Pan R, Zou F, Lee TM.
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Wildlife Biology, EarlyView.Ever‐growing human activities present an active and continuing threat to many species throughout the world. Nevertheless, concerted conservation efforts in some regions have balanced these threats and allowed endangered species to recolonise former parts of their original ranges and reverse their decline.
Kilian Hughes +2 more
wiley +1 more source
Hacking the illegal trade in wildlife
, 2019 [Extract] Hackers should be deployed to disrupt a $23 billion online market in wildlife and wildlife part. All around the world, forests and other ecosystems are falling silent, their wildlife populations decimated by illegal hunting and wildlife ...
Salt, David, Laurance, Bill
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Evaluating the reliability of media reports for gathering information about illegal wildlife trade seizures. [PDF]
PeerJ, 2022 Paudel K +3 more
europepmc +1 more source