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Challenges of regulating commercial use of marine elapid snakes in the Indo‐Pacific

Conservation Biology, Volume 38, Issue 5, October 2024.
Abstract Marine elapid snakes are a diverse, predominantly Indo‐West Pacific species group. The persistent removal of some species has an unquantified but potentially dire impact on populations. We conducted the first comprehensive review of the trade in marine elapid snakes based on published literature (1974–2022) and trade data from the only species
Mark Auliya, Arne Redsted Rasmussen, Kate L. Sanders, Aaron Savio Lobo   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

A review of commercial captive breeding of parrots as a supply‐side intervention to address unsustainable trade

Conservation Biology, Volume 38, Issue 5, October 2024.
Abstract The volume and scale of commercial captive breeding of parrots have grown dramatically in recent decades. Although it has been proposed, and is often assumed, that captive breeding can reduce pressure on wild populations, there has been little scrutiny of the scale, viability, or impacts of captive breeding to prevent overexploitation among ...
Alisa Davies, Neil D'Cruze, Rowan Martin
wiley   +1 more source

Uso racional y sostenible de los recursos hídricos del acuífero del valle de Toluca

Ciencia Ergo Sum, 2008
El agua subterránea constituye la principal fuente de agua potable en el valle de Toluca, esto ha inducido a una sobreexplotación del acuífero, así como la extinción de zonas húmedas y una constante degradación de la calidad del agua, por lo cual es
Jaime Gárfias Soliz, Luvina Bibiano Cruz, Hilario Llanos Acebo   +2 more
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Use of consumer insights to inform behavior change interventions aimed at illegal pet turtle trade in China

Conservation Biology, Volume 38, Issue 5, October 2024.
Abstract Illegal poaching and overexploitation for the international pet trade are among the greatest threats to freshwater turtles in Southeast Asia. Expanding consumer research in China is crucial to filling knowledge gaps about the scale and structure of illegal trade and developing audience‐targeted and relevant interventions that may reduce demand
Wuji Zheng, Anita Kar Yan Wan, Zhan Chen, Alexander Clark, Caitlin Court, Yuanlu Gu, Toby Park, Jake Reynolds, Xiaoxi Zhang, Lishu Li, Tien Ming Lee   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

An assessment of potential interventions to reduce the totoaba illegal trade market

Conservation Biology, Volume 38, Issue 5, October 2024.
Abstract The illegal trade in totoaba (Totoaba macdonaldi) is causing adverse social, ecological, and economic impacts. This illegal activity is accelerating the overexploitation of totoaba and pushing the critically endangered vaquita (Phocoena sinus) closer to extinction.
Rodrigo Oyanedel, Erendira Aceves‐Bueno, Lucia Davids, Miguel Ángel Cisneros‐Mata   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Assessing the risk of overexploitation to a tarantula species in the pet trade

Conservation Biology, Volume 38, Issue 5, October 2024.
Abstract The global pet trade in invertebrates remains poorly understood and underrepresented in policy and research. Tarantulas are a highly traded invertebrate group. Many individuals in trade are wild caught, and trade regulation is often lacking, raising concerns about the effect of trade on local ecosystems and populations.
Shannon Noelle Rivera, Laure Joanny, Isabel Vique, Rebekah Middleton, Diogo Veríssimo   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Percepción comunitaria sobre la extensión forestal para la conservación de la cuenca del río Toa, Cuba

Cuadernos de investigación UNED, 2018
La cuenca del río Toa es una de las principales reservas de biodiversidad y recursos naturales en Cuba. Estudiamos la opinión comunal sobre los programas de extensión diseñados para mitigar la sobreexplotación que actualmente afecta a la cuenca. Nuestras
Yonny Martínez López, Luis Andrei González Gomes, Emilio Martínez Rodríguez, Juarez Benigno Paes, Fermín Correa Méndez, Luciana Ferreira da Silva   +5 more
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Valoración económica del servicio hidrológico del acuífero de La Paz, B.C.S.: Una valoración contingente del uso de agua municipal

Frontera Norte, 2010
Los servicios hidrológicos son aquellos que la sociedad obtiene de los ecosistemas. El objetivo de este trabajo es realizar la valoración económica del acuífero de La Paz, Baja California Sur.
Gerzaín Avilés-Polanco, Leonardo Huato Soberanis, Enrique Troyo-Diéguez, Bernardo Murillo Amador, José Luis García Hernández, Luis Felipe Beltrán-Morales   +5 more
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Rumi Maqui y la nacionalidad quechua

Allpanchis, 1978
Desde fines del siglo pasado y principios del actual, la zona del Altiplano se vio convulsionada por una serie de levantamientos de campesinos provenientes de haciendas y de parcialidades colindantes a éstas.
Manuel Vasallo
doaj   +1 more source

Avances de la contaminación ambiental en las aguas del Golfo de Morrosquillo

Revista Colombiana de Ciencia Animal Recia, 2018
Las aguas del Golfo de Morrosquillo están contaminadas respectivamente, el mar, por vertimientos de materia residual, hidrocarburos y solidos suspendidos, y las aguas del acuífero, por salinización, dureza y contaminación bacterial.
OSWALDO ENRIQUE MONTESINO TORRES, GUILLERMO GUTIÉRREZ RIBON, MARÍA CECILIA MONROY PINEDA   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source