Disentangling the Legal and Illegal Wildlife Trade–Insights from Indonesian Wildlife Market Surveys [PDF]
Animals, 2022 It is challenging to disentangle the legal and illegal aspects of wild-caught animals that are traded in wildlife markets or online, and this may diminish the value of conducting wildlife trade surveys. We present empirical studies on the trade in birds (
Vincent Nijman +4 more
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From commitment to action: lessons from 18 transdisciplinary projects addressing health risks in wildlife trade [PDF]
One Health OutlookAlthough wildlife trade is recognized as a significant driver of biodiversity loss and zoonotic disease emergence, translating global commitments into effective prevention measures remains challenging.
Hongying Li +5 more
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Discussion of wildlife trade before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in professional opinion pieces and scientific articles [PDF]
Global Ecology and Conservation, 2022 Wildlife trade is a multi-billion-dollar sector that impacts a wide range of species, and thus is of significant research and conservation interest.
Yifu Wang +9 more
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CITES and beyond: Illuminating 20 years of global, legal wildlife trade
Global Ecology and Conservation, 2021 Nature has the potential to provide wide-ranging economic contributions to society – from ecosystem services to providing income to communities via fair trade of resources.
Astrid Alexandra Andersson +5 more
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Mischaracterizing wildlife trade and its impacts may mislead policy processes
Conservation Letters, 2022 Overexploitation is a key driver of biodiversity loss but the relationship between the use and trade of species and conservation outcomes is not always straightforward.
Daniel W.S. Challender +10 more
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No need to beat around the bushmeat–The role of wildlife trade and conservation initiatives in the emergence of zoonotic diseases [PDF]
Heliyon, 2021 Wildlife species constitute a vast and uncharted reservoir of zoonotic pathogens that can pose a severe threat to global human health. Zoonoses have become increasingly impactful over the past decades, and the expanding trade in wildlife is unarguably ...
M.H. Hilderink, I.I. de Winter
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Trading Tactics: Time to Rethink the Global Trade in Wildlife [PDF]
Animals, 2020 The Covid-19 outbreak has brought about fresh and intensified scrutiny of the wildlife trade, which substantively involves commerce in exotic pets. In response, major policy decisions involving trade bans have ensued, with calls for similar such action ...
Neil D’Cruze +3 more
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Enhancing Wildlife Trade Monitoring in the European Union—No Need to Reinvent the Wheel [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionBiodiversity loss is mainly driven by changes in land use and overexploitation, with the commercial trade of wildlife being a smaller but still important contributor to resource depletion and species decline.
Monica V. Biondo, Ricardo Calado
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Online wildlife trade in species of conservation concern
Conservation Letters, 2023 Online wildlife trade is widespread and affects thousands of species. Yet, attempts to quantify online wildlife trade have mainly focused on a few platforms and taxonomic groups.
Andrea Soriano‐Redondo +9 more
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Towards informed and multi-faceted wildlife trade interventions
Global Ecology and Conservation, 2015 International trade in wildlife is a key threat to biodiversity conservation. CITES, the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, seeks to ensure international wildlife trade is sustainable, relying on trade bans ...
Daniel W.S. Challender +2 more
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