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Oak Foundation—Disrupting criminal networks, promoting and improving existing laws and building global capacity

Pachyderm, 2017
Oak Foundation’s Illegal Wildlife Trade Team
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Sustainable Metal Recovery From E‐Waste: Exploring Greener Leachates in Hydrometallurgical Processes

MetalMat, EarlyView.
Recycling of electronic waste to synthesize valuable metals using green leachate. ABSTRACT The accumulation of electronic waste (e‐waste) poses environmental hazards and leads to the loss of valuable metals such as gold, silver, copper, and rare earth elements.
Shassatha Paul Saikat, Nazim Uddin, Md. Kawsar, Samina Ahmed, Md. Sahadat Hossain   +4 more
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Fruit‐quality tradeoffs generate asymmetry in plant reliance on mutualistic frugivores

Oikos, EarlyView.
Seed dispersal is a fundamental ecological process influencing the evolution of plant life‐history strategies. In fleshy‐fruited plants dispersed by mutualistic frugivores, variation in fruit traits among closely related species may shape the temporal and spatial dynamics of dispersal events critical to population success.
João Vitor S. Messeder, Tomás A. Carlo
wiley   +1 more source

A Snapshot of the Global Trade of South African Native Vertebrate Species Not Listed on CITES

Animals
The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) aims to prevent the overexploitation of species by controlling their trade. However, there is currently no international regulatory framework to protect the trade
Ndivhuwo Shivambu, Tinyiko Cavin Shivambu, Takalani Nelufule, Moleseng Claude Moshobane, Nimmi Seoraj-Pillai, Tshifhiwa Constance Nangammbi   +5 more
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Quantifying global colonization pressures of alien vertebrates from wildlife trade. [PDF]

Nat Commun, 2023
Li Y, Blackburn TM, Luo Z, Song T, Watters F, Li W, Deng T, Luo Z, Li Y, Du J, Niu M, Zhang J, Zhang J, Yang J, Wang S.   +14 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Transforming a Poaching Hotspot: Embedded NGO Governance Between State and Community in Southern China

Public Administration and Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines how a local environmental NGO in southern China transformed Guantouling Hill, once a prominent poaching hotspot along the East Asian–Australasian Flyway, into a recognised model of community‐based biodiversity conservation.
Zheng Lin, Miao Chen
wiley   +1 more source

Parrot Trade and the Potential Risk of Psittacosis as a Zoonotic Disease in Indonesian Bird Markets

Birds
Wildlife trade, both legal and illegal, is increasingly recognized as a key factor in the rise of emerging viral infectious diseases, and this is especially apparent in Asia, where large numbers of wildlife are openly offered for sale in bird markets. We
Abdullah Abdullah, Ahmad Ardiansyah, Michela Balestri, Marco Campera, Jessica Chavez, Tungga Dewi, Anna Fourage, Emma L. Hankinson, Katherine Hedger, Boyd Leupen, Sophie Manson, Thais Q. Morcatty, K. A. I. Nekaris, Vincent Nijman, Paula E. R. Pereyra, Erly Sintya, Magdalena S. Svensson, Meng Xie   +17 more
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Urban wild meat and pangolin consumption across southern forested Cameroon: The limited influence of COVID‐19

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Overexploitation of wildlife is pervasive in many tropical regions, and in addition to being a significant conservation and sustainability concern, it has received global attention given discussions over the origins of zoonotic disease outbreaks.
Franklin T. Simo, Ghislain F. Difouo, Christian N. Tchana, Alain Christel Wandji, Alfiery Laurel Djomnang‐Nkwala, Marcelle Mbadjoun Nziké, Sévilor Kekeunou, Markéta Swiacká, Daniel J. Ingram   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Resolving Uncertainties in the Legality of Wildlife Trade to Support Better Outcomes for Wildlife and People

Conservation Letters
Wildlife use and trade support the livelihoods of millions of people worldwide but also threaten thousands of species. Legal instruments, when effectively designed and implemented, can help regulate trade and mitigate negative impacts.
Trisha Gupta, Reshu Bashyal, Michelle Anagnostou, Sonia Dhanda, Joël Djagoun, Leonardo Manir Feitosa, Chloe E. R. Hatten, Sara Bronwen Hunter, Takudzwa S. Mutezo, Wahyu Nurbandi, Alejandra Pizarro Choy, Hannah N. K. Sackey, EJ Milner‐Gulland, Thomasina E. E. Oldfield, Daniel W. S. Challender   +14 more
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Global governance for pandemic prevention and the wildlife trade. [PDF]

Lancet Planet Health, 2023
Gallo-Cajiao E, Lieberman S, Dolšak N, Prakash A, Labonté R, Biggs D, Franklin C, Morrison TH, Viens AM, Fuller RA, Aguiar R, Fidelman P, Watson JEM, Aenishaenslin C, Wiktorowicz M.   +14 more
europepmc   +1 more source