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Stable Isotope Analysis as a Tool to Prevent Illicit Wildlife Trade of Songbirds in Brazil

Animal Conservation, EarlyView.
Feather isotopes provide clear differences between wild and captive songbirds in Brazil. Combining multiple isotopes improved classification accuracy and revealed individuals falsely declared as captive‐bred. These results demonstrate the potential of isotope analysis to detect wildlife laundering in the bird trade.
Luiza Brasileiro, Fábio J. V. Costa, Paulo R. R. Ramos, Vladimir E. Costa, Gabriela B. Nardoto   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Equity considerations in the proposed wildlife protocol to the Convention against Transnational Organized Crime

Conservation Biology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Wildlife trafficking poses a critical threat to global biodiversity, contributes to organized crime, and has disproportionate impacts on underserved and Indigenous communities. Although international legal instruments, such as the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, and institutional collaborations,
Chad Patrick Osorio
wiley   +1 more source

Exploring mitochondrial genome sequence of swamp deer subspecies (Rucervus Duvaucelii): comparative and phylogenetic insights

All Life
The comparative characterization of the complete mitogenome of three subspecies of the genus Rucervus duvaucelii revealed close genetic relationship among Rucervus duvaucelii duvaucelii, Rucervus duvaucelii branderi and Rucervus duvaucelii ranjitsinhii ...
Kajal Kumar Jadav, Ajit Pratap Singh, Sandip Aggrawal, Diksha Lade, Omkar Vitta, Rohan Bharade, Brijesh Singh, Devendra Podhade, Ranvijay Singh   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Analysing Scientific Collaborations of New Zealand Institutions using Scopus Bibliometric Data

, 2018
Scientific collaborations are among the main enablers of development in small national science systems. Although analysing scientific collaborations is a well-established subject in scientometrics, evaluations of scientific collaborations within a ...
Aref, Samin, Friggens, David, Hendy, Shaun   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Digital Crime, Dirty Money and the State: Southeast Asia's Illicit Political Economy and the Rise of Cybercrime

Development and Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Over the past decade, cyber scamming has expanded rapidly across Southeast Asia. These operations cluster in compounds within business parks, casinos, industrial zones and other real estate developments. Although organized crime is often assumed to thrive where states are weak, this article offers a politically grounded explanation for why ...
Neil Loughlin
wiley   +1 more source

Forensic Science Interventions in Wildlife Mediated Zoonotic Outbreaks: A Systematic Review

Journal of Communicable Diseases, 2020
Millions of people are suffering from the repeated emergence of zoonotic diseases across the globe. The latest pandemic of Covid-19 suspected to be originated from wild animals and was transmitted via an intermediate animal host to humans. Possibilities of the intentional use of zoonoses as bioweapons cannot be ignored and it poses a threat to global ...
openaire   +2 more sources

Prospects of multipurpose biomonitoring for fisheries assessment based on environmental nucleic acids

Journal of Fish Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract Methods using environmental nucleic acids have become highly effective for monitoring aquatic biodiversity, with an array of suitable use cases, including metrics for fisheries assessment. Traditional methods for assessing fish populations often rely on invasive techniques with limited spatial and temporal coverage.
Ana Ramón‐Laca, Krista M. Nichols, Kim M. Parsons, Ramón Gallego, David R. Vieites, Ignacio Doadrio, Ana Riesgo   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Tricho-Vision: The use of computer vision in trichotaxonomy for enhancing wildlife conservation of priority species

Ecological Informatics
Mammalian hair serves as a critical biological marker, aiding species identification essential for wildlife conservation and crime control. This study introduces the first extensive benchmark for classifying microscopic images of mammal hair from species
Alloy Das, Priyanka Banerjee, Sanket Biswas, Manokaran Kamalakannan, Joydev Chattopadhyay, Dhriti Banerjee, Tanoy Mukherjee   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Researchers Win Grand Prize to Develop Technology to Stop Illegal Wildlife Trafficking [PDF]

, 2016
Anderson Cabot Center for Ocean Life at New England Aquarium, Roger Williams University one of four winners ...
Public Affairs, Roger Williams University
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Scene Investigation from the Sky: Current and Future Uses of Unoccupied Aerial Systems in Forensic Investigations

WIREs Forensic Science, Volume 8, Issue 2, June 2026.
Police drone technology could be utilized to support forensic scene investigations. If the challenges of implementing new technologies can be overcome, drones could improve operational efficiency, interpretation issues and add investigative value in the courtroom. ABSTRACT Unoccupied aerial systems (UAS; otherwise known as Uncrewed Aerial Vehicles (UAV)
Clare Barrett, Sébastien Moret, Denis Werner   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source