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Organised crime in Australia 2015 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Provides the context in which organised crime operates in Australia and gives an overview of each of the key illicit markets and the activities which fundamentally enable serious and organised crime.
Australian Crime Commission
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Temporal Wildlife Crime Trend and Sociodemographic Attributes of Offenders in Annapurna Conservation Area, Nepal

open access: yesEkológia (Bratislava)
Wildlife crime has emerged as one of the most crucial threats to biodiversity conservation and is particularly severe in south and southeast Asia. Addressing the ever-increasing challenges of wildlife crime in Nepal requires strategies informed by ...
Pandey Dayaram   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Response to article on Adventitious rooting of mature Cycas micronesica

open access: yesJournal of Threatened Taxa, 2017
Response to article on Adventitious rooting of mature Cycas ...
S. Suresh Ramanan
doaj   +1 more source

Ranger perceptions of the role of local communities in providing actionable information on wildlife crime

open access: yesConservation Science and Practice, 2020
Wildlife crime in protected areas remains a major challenge to conservation. However, little is known about the role of local communities in providing information on illegal activities to help improve law enforcement efforts in protected areas.
Michelle Anagnostou   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

When alien plants become health hazards: An applied study on toxic and allergenic risks in Italy

open access: yesPLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Alien plants are often studied for their ecological harm, but their risks to human and animal health remain poorly documented. This study provides the first comprehensive catalogue of poisonous and allergenic alien plants in Italy, identifying which species are dangerous, where they grow and who is most at risk—from children in city parks to pets and ...
Giulio Barone   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Review on Illegal Wildlife Trade Provisions in Indonesia: Cost-Benefit Analysis and Law Enforcement

open access: yesJurnal Hukum Internasional
Illegal wildlife trade is a crime that is rarely systematically exposed and difficult to investigate but generates extraordinary profits. As a one of mega biodiversity country in the world, Indonesia is an easy target for illegal wildlife trade ...
Adrianus Eryan
doaj   +1 more source

When Human–Wildlife Conflict Turns Deadly: Comparing the Situational Factors That Drive Retaliatory Leopard Killings in South Africa

open access: yesAnimals, 2021
Retaliatory killings caused by human-wildlife conflict have a significant impact on the survival of leopards. This study explores the reasons for retaliatory killings of leopards by interviewing community members in a small village in South Africa that ...
Julie S. Viollaz   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Influencer Credibility and Responsible Tourism: A Study of Ecotourists' Economic, Socio‐Cultural, and Environmental Responsible Behaviors in Sarawak

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The tourism sector faces pressing sustainability challenges, especially during crises. The rural communities reliant on ecotourism remain vulnerable, highlighting the need for responsible tourism. This study integrates social cognitive theory (SCT) and the elaboration likelihood model (ELM) to examine how self‐efficacy and outcome expectation ...
Wei Chiang Chan   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

National Policy Coherence Counts for Reducing Inequality in Global Climate and Development Agendas

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT International institutions promote policy coherence as crucial to the effective and fair implementation of global sustainability agendas, though the evidence for its benefits is slim. We present here the first systematic cross‐country dataset on the consequences of national government efforts to promote policy coherence for vulnerable groups ...
Katherine Browne   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Profiling prosecuted wildlife crimes in Kenya

open access: yesFrontiers in Conservation Science
IntroductionThis study profiles and analyses 1,099 wildlife crime prosecutions in Kenya to understand the prevalence of crimes, species involved, arrest patterns, prosecution and sentencing outcomes.MethodsA descriptive and temporal analysis of the data ...
Jim Riungu   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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