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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
doaj   +1 more source

Presence of Nationally Banned Carbamates and Organophosphate Pesticides in Wild Carnivores, Southeastern Brazil

Environmental Toxicology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT As top predators, terrestrial carnivores face great risk of pesticide exposure and serve as sentinels of environmental contamination. Additionally, terrestrial carnivores are frequently threatened by intentional or secondary poisoning with highly toxic compounds, such as carbamates and organophosphates.
Marina Pellegrino da Silva, Vagner Gonçalves‐Junior, Mauricio Candido da Silva, André Rinaldi Fukushima, Rose Lilian Gasparini‐Morato, Helenice de Souza Spinosa, Ana Carolina Ewbank, Carlos Sacristán, Ana de la Torre, José Luiz Catão‐Dias, Pedro Enrique Navas‐Suárez   +10 more
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Using the criminal law to protect the environment: Possibilities and problems

People and Nature
Global biodiversity has declined rapidly in recent decades, and existing laws have proven insufficient to protect the environment from harm. There is no ‘silver bullet’ to remedying species population declines and extinctions and loss of ecosystems, but ...
Kellie Toole, Phillipa McCormack, Daan vanUhm, Marie Beillevert, Claire Williams, Phillip Cassey   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

From landscapes to lesions: Pathology's role in wildlife mortality investigations and conservation health

Wildlife Society Bulletin, EarlyView.
Wildlife mortality investigations are important toward understanding health threats to wildlife and management considerations. The who, what, why and how are critical pieces of these investigations. Wildlife pathologists play a central role in this process in elucidating causes and contributors to mortality. Abstract To effectively recognize and manage
Nicole M. Nemeth
wiley   +1 more source

Wildlife Crime and Animal Victims: Improving Access to Environmental Justice in Hong Kong

, 2019
Wildlife crimes are often argued to be victimless, due to the anthropocentric view of crime that dominates policy and policing discourse. Falling outside the normative criminal justice lens, wildlife crimes are not frequently brought to court, and a lack
Whitfort, A
core   +1 more source

Human hunters—still poorly understood—likely cannot mimic the roles of disappearing top predators

Journal of Animal Ecology, EarlyView.
We highlight a new paper that asks whether hunters can replace the roles of large carnivores, and argue that more insight is needed into the planet's ‘super predator’—humans. Abstract Research Highlight: Geng, Y., Mammides, C., He, R.‐C., Wang, L., Luo, K., Zhang, Z.‐Y., Wang, B., & Quan, R.‐C. (2026). Human hunters are no substitute for vanishing apex
Chris T. Darimont, Persia Khan
wiley   +1 more source

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

Journal 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, Brent Doberstein, Derek Armitage, Peter Stoett, Ashwell Glasson   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

THE VIOLENCE OF FULL COST RECOVERY: Financing Water Infrastructure, and the History and Future of Perpetual Crisis in Mombasa

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract Foregrounding the role of finance, this article examines the historical production and future trajectory of the urban water crisis in Mombasa. Drawing on archival research and contemporary fieldwork, it traces how principles of full cost recovery—institutionalized during the colonial period and later reworked through postcolonial ...
Joe Williams
wiley   +1 more source

Dampak Kerjasama Asean Wen Terhadap Pemberantasan Wildlife Crime di Indonesia [PDF]

, 2012
Salah satu upaya pemerintah dalam memberantas wildlife crime di Indonesia adalah menjalin kerjasama dalam ASEAN Wildlife Enforcement Network (ASEAN-WEN).
Sigit Himawan, -
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Do targeted, place‐based educational campaigns influence citizen engagement and violent crime? A quasi‐experiment of the alert conscience technique of situational crime prevention

Criminology &Public Policy, EarlyView.
Abstract Research Summary Between 2021 and 2024, the Mecklenburg County (NC) Department of Public Health's Office of Violence Prevention launched two targeted media campaigns in response to high rates of community violence. The first used geofencing: virtual geographic boundaries that deliver targeted advertisements to mobile devices.
Eric L. Piza, Claire Harkins, Katherine P. Hazen   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source