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Understanding Urban Demand for Wild Meat in Vietnam: Implications for Conservation Actions [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Vietnam is a significant consumer of wildlife, particularly wild meat, in urban restaurant settings. To meet this demand, poaching of wildlife is widespread, threatening regional and international biodiversity.
Diogo Veríssimo   +19 more
core   +1 more source

The challenge and opportunity of behaviour change methods and frameworks to reduce demand for illegal wildlife

open access: yesNature Conservation, 2018
Biodiversity conservation is contingent upon managing human behaviour and, at times, changing behaviour. This is particularly relevant to the illegal trade in wildlife and wildlife products, both flora and fauna. Driven by dynamics of consumer demand and
Kenneth E. Wallen, Elizabeth Daut
doaj   +3 more sources

Wildlife Trafficking between the European Union and Mexico

open access: yesInternational Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy, 2019
Illegal wildlife trade or wildlife trafficking is a global threat to all kinds of species, not just charismatic megafauna or wildlife in Africa and Asia.
Inés Arroyo-Quiroz, Tanya Wyatt
doaj   +1 more source

Online illegal wildlife trade in Indonesia: strengthening the regulatory framework and law enforcement

open access: yesOryx
E-commerce applications have significantly changed how people transact with each other. This includes digital advances that drive illegal wildlife trade.
Krismanko Padang   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

Illegal capture and internal trade of wild Asian elephants (Elephas maximus) in Sri Lanka [PDF]

open access: yesNature Conservation, 2020
The illegal wildlife trade is considered one of the major threats to global biodiversity. Asian elephants (Elephas maximus) have been highly valued by various cultures for use in religious and spiritual contexts, as a draft animal, and more recently, as ...
T. G. Supun Lahiru Prakash   +6 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Wildlife crime : The problems of enforcement [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Environmental and wildlife crime appear recently to be benefitting from an increasing profile amongst those agencies tasked with their control, as well as receiving growing criminological attention. Despite this, those with responsibilities in this area
Wellsmith, Melanie, Melanie Wellsmith
core   +1 more source

Strengthening International Legal Cooperation to Combat the Illegal Wildlife Trade Between Southeast Asia and China

open access: yesFrontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2021
China is among the world’s leading consumer markets for wildlife extracted both legally and illegally from across the globe. Due to its mega-richness in biodiversity and strong economic ties with China, Southeast Asia (SEA) has long been implicated as a ...
Yunbo Jiao   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Captive reptile mortality rates in the home and implications for the wildlife trade [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
The trade in wildlife and keeping of exotic pets is subject to varying levels of national and international regulation and is a topic often attracting controversy.
Janine E Robinson   +11 more
core   +1 more source

Disentangling and demystifying converging crimes and illegal wildlife trade in South Africa, Hong Kong, and Canada

open access: yesJournal of Economic Criminology
Illegal wildlife trade is increasingly reported as intersecting with other serious crimes, a phenomenon labelled “crime convergence”. However, there is limited empirical research on the extent and nature of these linkages.
Michelle Anagnostou   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

The role of social media groups on illegal wildlife trade in four Mexican states: A year-long assessment

open access: yesGlobal Ecology and Conservation, 2023
Illegal wildlife trade consists of harvesting wildlife products and undertaking its trade contrary to national and international laws. It has become one of the main threats to wildlife, along with habitat loss and the introduction of exotic species.
Roxana Iveth Salas-Picazo   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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