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Wildlife Trade and Global Disease Emergence

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2005
The global trade in wildlife provides disease transmission mechanisms that not only cause human disease outbreaks but also threaten livestock, international trade, rural livelihoods, native wildlife populations, and the health of ecosystems.
William B. Karesh, Robert Cook, Elizabeth L. Bennett, James Newcomb   +3 more
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Wildlife trade investigations benefit from multivariate stable isotope analyses [PDF]

Biological Reviews
David M Baker, Timothy C Bonebrake, Caroline Dingle   +2 more
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Keep your distance: Using Instagram posts to evaluate the risk of anthroponotic disease transmission in gorilla ecotourism

People and Nature, 2021
Mountain gorilla Gorilla beringei beringei trekking is a substantial source of revenue for the conservation of this threatened primate and its habitat.
Gaspard Van Hamme, Magdalena S. Svensson, Thais Q. Morcatty, K. Anne‐Isola Nekaris, Vincent Nijman   +4 more
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Wildlife Trade Policy and the Decline of Wildlife [PDF]

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2020
The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) is the international agreement that regulates international trade in wildlife to prevent its decline. Little is known about the effectiveness of its trade restrictions and bans.
Heid, Benedikt, Márquez-Ramos, Laura
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Monitoring the Trade of Legally Protected Wildlife on Facebook and Instagram Illustrated by the Advertising and Sale of Apes in Indonesia

Diversity, 2021
Apes continue to be trafficked to meet the demand for pets or zoos. Indonesia, the most diverse country in terms of ape species, has been implicated in the global trade in gibbons, orangutans and, to a lesser degree, chimpanzees.
Vincent Nijman, Jaima H. Smith, Grace Foreman, Marco Campera, Kim Feddema, K. A. I. Nekaris   +5 more
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Medicine, black magic and supernatural beings: Cultural rituals as a significant threat to slender lorises in India

People and Nature, 2022
Trade of wildlife for use in traditional medicines, rituals, magical spells and cultural practices occurs globally and has been studied mostly in Africa and Asia.
Smitha D. Gnanaolivu, Marco Campera, K. Anne‐Isola Nekaris, Vincent Nijman, Roopa Satish, Sharath Babu, Mewa Singh   +6 more
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Illegal wildlife trade, seizures and prosecutions: A 7.5-year analysis of trade in pig-nosed turtles Carettochelys insculpta in and from Indonesia

Global Ecology and Conservation, 2020
The illegal wildlife trade is increasingly recognised as a major threat to biodiversity conservation, and one way of curbing it is to properly enforce existing legislation and where appropriate to prosecute to the full extent of the law.
Chris R. Shepherd, Lalita Gomez, Vincent Nijman   +2 more
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Zoos consenting to the illegal wildlife trade – the earless monitor lizard as a case study [PDF]

Nature Conservation, 2021
The illegal wildlife trade has direct relevance for zoo management, animal acquisition and disposition and it has no place in modern zoo management. Zoos must not only act within the law of the country in which it is based, but they should also follow ...
Vincent Nijman
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Large-Scale Trade in a Songbird That Is Extinct in the Wild

Diversity, 2021
Indonesia is at the epicenter of the Asian Songbird Crisis, i.e., the recognition that the cage bird trade has a devastating impact on numerous imperiled bird species in Asia.
Vincent Nijman, Marco Campera, Ahmad Ardiansyah, Michela Balestri, Hani R. El Bizri, Budiadi Budiadi, Tungga Dewi, Katherine Hedger, Rifqi Hendrik, Muhammad Ali Imron, Abdullah Langgeng, Thais Q. Morcatty, Ariana V. Weldon, K. A. I. Nekaris   +13 more
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Illegal Wildlife Trade: Trade Flows of Wildlife Products and Facilitation Methods in the Ruaha Landscape, Tanzania

Open Journal of Ecology, 2022
Tanzania’s Ruaha landscape is prominent for its potential wildlife resources, which play a key role in sustaining the economy and livelihoods of the people. However, most of these resources are illegally obtained and traded in different places within and outside the Ruaha landscape. Due to its illegal nature, most of the important information regarding
Mrosso, Hillary Thomas, Kicheleri, Rose Peter, Kashaigili, Japhet Joel, Munishi, Pantaleo, Kadigi, Reuben Mpuya Joseph, Mgeni, Charles Peter, Kimaro, Michael Honorati   +6 more
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