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Encoding and decoding illegal wildlife trade networks reveals key airport characteristics and undetected hotspots

Communications Earth & Environment
The illegal wildlife trade is a key driver of biodiversity loss and a barrier to desired transformations in socio-environmental systems. It is known to exploit licit networks, such as the global airline flight network, yet the ability of science to ...
Hannah Murray, Meredith L. Gore, Bistra Dilkina   +2 more
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Advancing Applied Research in Conservation Criminology Through the Evaluation of Corruption Prevention, Enhancing Compliance, and Reducing Recidivism

Frontiers in Conservation Science, 2021
Concomitant with an increase in the global illegal wildlife trade has been a substantial increase in research within traditional conservation-based sciences and conservation and green criminology.
Jessica S. Kahler, Joseph W. Rivera, Zachary T. Steele, Pilar Morales-Giner, Christian J. Rivera, Carol F. Ahossin, Ashpreet Kaur, Diane J. Episcopio-Sturgeon   +7 more
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Opportunities for Transdisciplinary Science to Mitigate Biosecurity Risks From the Intersectionality of Illegal Wildlife Trade With Emerging Zoonotic Pathogens

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2021
Existing collaborations among public health practitioners, veterinarians, and ecologists do not sufficiently consider illegal wildlife trade in their surveillance, biosafety, and security (SB&S) efforts even though the risks to health and ...
A. Alonso Aguirre, Meredith L. Gore, Matt Kammer-Kerwick, Kevin M. Curtin, Andries Heyns, Wolfgang Preiser, Louise I. Shelley   +6 more
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Rhino War: A general’s bold strategy in the Kruger National Park

Scientia Militaria, 2023
As global trade in wildlife products increases, the dark illicit markets follow suit, supplying the ever-increasing appetite of end-users worldwide, especially in South-East Asia.
Ashwell Glasson
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Observations of illegal wildlife trade in Boten, a Chinese border town within a Specific Economic Zone in northern Lao PDR

Global Ecology and Conservation, 2018
This study reports on the illegal wildlife trade in the town of Boten, a Specific Economic Zone in the Luang Namtha Province of Lao PDR, located 1 km from the Chinese border. A one-day survey was conducted in April 2016, involving a combination of direct
Kanitha Krishnasamy, Chris R. Shepherd, Oi Ching Or   +2 more
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Mammalian species identification using ISSR-HRM technique

Science Progress, 2021
Wildlife trading and the illegal hunting of wildlife are contributing factors to the biodiversity crisis that is presently unfolding across the world. The inability to control the trade of animal body parts or available biological materials is a major ...
Wannapimol Kriangwanich, Korakot Nganvongpanit, Kittisak Buddhachat, Puntita Siengdee, Siriwadee Chomdej, Siriluck Ponsuksili, Chatchote Thitaram   +6 more
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Can citizen reporting apps plug the data gap in the Himalayan wildlife trade?

Trees, Forests and People, 2021
The Himalayan region is particularly susceptible to biodiversity loss because it is ecologically rich, highly susceptible to climate change and natural hazards, and its governance is fragmented across multiple inter- and intra-national boundaries ...
Harsh K. Chauhan, David Gallacher
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Illegal Wildlife Trade gives insights into suspected Feline Panleukopenia Virus (FPV) Occurrence in Puma concolor

Mammalogy Notes
Illegal wildlife trade rises as a severe threat to biodiversity, disrupting ecosystems and driving species decline worldwide. This study describes the occurrence of Feline Panleukopenia Virus (FPV) in a juvenile Puma concolor rescued from illegal trade ...
Karime Angarita Corzo, Luz Duarte-Rodriguez, Julián Arango-Lozano   +2 more
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Illegal Logging, Fishing, and Wildlife Trade [PDF]

, 2019
This paper has two goals - to motivate policy makers in developed and emerging economies to pay more attention to illegal logging, fishing, and wildlife trade, and to provide a road map to address the root causes of the illegal activities. Illegal wildlife trade directly causes declines in species population, resulting in the deterioration of ecosystem
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Illegal Wildlife Trade in a Tourism and Biodiversity Hotspot

Sustainable Development
ABSTRACT There are clear connections between tourism, development, and sustainable use—particularly in biodiversity hotspots, where tourists may unknowingly purchase souvenirs made from protected wildlife. This issue is explicitly recognized in the Sustainable Development Goals, including SDG15, Life on Land, and SDG16, Peace, Justice,
Jessica Chavez, Marco Campera, Lisa E. Hensley, null Kuntayuni, S. Sunny Nelson, I. Nyoman Aji Duranegara Payuse, Anne W. Rimoin, Chris R. Shepherd, Erly Sintya, Desak Ketut Tristiana Sukmadewi, Ratna Ayu Widiaswari, Vincent Nijman   +11 more
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