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A multiscale seasonal examination of the risk of harm to seabirds from vessels based on co-occurrence in Alaskan waters. [PDF]

Conserv Biol
Abstract Alaska's seascape supports globally significant seabird populations, including vulnerable and threatened species, and hosts economically important commercial fisheries and marine transportation corridors. Seasonal patterns of seabird movements and vessel traffic create a complex landscape of risk, defined as high levels of co‐occurrence ...
Kapsar K, Sullender BK, Kuletz KJ.
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A Framework to Analyze Primate Species Vulnerability to Trade in Urban Markets. [PDF]

Am J Primatol
A primate‐focused conservation criminology framework to examine taxon‐specific vulnerability to live trade in urban markets. ABSTRACT Live primates are increasingly commodified and appropriated as inputs into markets, both at the international and domestic scales, and across physical and online platforms.
Rivera CJ, Kahler JS, Nurbandi W, Fuentes A.   +3 more
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Mapping illegal trade routes of live cheetahs from the Horn of Africa to the Arabian Peninsula. [PDF]

Conserv Biol
Abstract Less than 7000 cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus) persist in Africa. Although human–wildlife conflict, habitat degradation, and loss of prey are major threats to cheetah populations, illegal trade in live cubs for pets may have the most significant impact on populations in the Horn of Africa.
Evangelista PH, Young NE, Schulte DK, Tricorache PD, Luizza MW, Durant SM, Jones KW, Mitchell N, Maule T, Ali AH, Tesfai RT, Engelstad PS.   +11 more
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Using online reports of seahorse seizures to track their illegal trade. [PDF]

Conserv Biol
Abstract Illegal wildlife trade (IWT) is a persistent and extensive threat to global biodiversity. Hundreds of marine fish species are subject to regulation under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), but it is unclear how much protection species gain from CITES because information on marine fish ...
Foster SJ, Ascione SJ, Santaniello F, Phelps Bondaroff TN.   +3 more
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Displacing (in)formality: endangered species, endangered city, and unstable grounds of comparison

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Volume 28, Issue 2, Page 516-536, June 2022., 2022
Abstract In this article, which is based on ethnographic fieldwork among fog oasis conservationists in Lima, Peru, I show how emergent ethics of conservation become enmeshed with discourses on (in)formality. I demonstrate this by framing contemporary concerns about the endangerment of species endemic to Lima against the background of more long‐running ...
Chakad Ojani
wiley   +1 more source

Wildlife collection for scientific purposes

Conservation Biology, Volume 35, Issue 1, Page 5-11, February 2021., 2021
Abstract Illegal transfer of wildlife has 2 main purposes: trade and scientific research. Trade is the most common, whereas scientific research is much less common and unprofitable, yet still important. Biopiracy in science is often neglected despite that many researchers encounter it during their careers.
Caroline Fukushima, Rick West, Thomas Pape, Lyubomir Penev, Leif Schulman, Pedro Cardoso   +5 more
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Importancia de la armada en el tráfico ilegal de especies marinas

Revista Científica Anfibios, 2018
El tráfico ilegal de especies marinas es una problemática ambiental, social, cultural y económica que afecta a la sociedad Colombia, es un atentado contra biodiversidad del país que pone en riesgo múltiples ecosistemas marinos, generando un desequilibrio
Mario Alberto Correa-Segura, David Alberto Vela-Ordoñez   +1 more
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Análise da percepção da população sobre a importância dos zoológicos e tráficos de animais

Pubvet, 2022
Objetivou avaliar a percepção da população sobre a importância dos zoológicos e tráficos de animais. Durante a pesquisa, 103 pessoas responderam ao questionário, logo 86,4% já visitaram um zoológico, 87,4% afirmaram ter zoológicos em sua cidade. Todavia,
Igor Araújo Barbosa, Luana da Silva Ardaya, Mateus de Andrade da Silva, Lívia Batista Campos   +3 more
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Reflexiones bioéticas acerca del tráfico ilegal de especies en Colombia

Revista Latinoamericana de Bioética, 2011
El tráfico ilegal de especies, si bien es un problema a nivel mundial, para Colombia resulta particularmente grave, si se tiene en cuenta que es el segundo país megadiverso y, por tanto, una buena parte de la vida del Planeta se encuentra sustentada ...
Julia Edith Carmona, Santiago Eliécer Arango   +1 more
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¿Cómo ha evolucionado el tráfico ilegal de fauna en el Tolima? Análisis multitemporal de una amenaza para la biodiversidad

Revista de la Academia Colombiana de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales
El tráfico ilegal de especies es una actividad delictiva muy lucrativa que amenaza la supervivencia de numerosas especies. El departamento del Tolima, centro de Colombia, es considerado un hotspot para estas actividades debido a su rica biodiversidad y ...
Tatiana Estefania Lozano Suarez, Edison D. Bonilla-Liberato, Edwin O. López-Delgado   +2 more
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