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A Review of the Trade in Toucans (Ramphastidae): Levels of Trade in Species, Source and Sink Countries, Effects from Governance Actions and Conservation Concerns

open access: yesConservation, 2023
Utilising wildlife as natural resources has a long history and wide appeal for many nations, while seeking international wildlife that is sustainably managed is the primary responsibility of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of ...
Angus I. Carpenter, Jennifer Slade
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Wildlife Trade Policy and the Decline of Wildlife [PDF]

open access: yesSSRN 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
openaire   +2 more sources

Global dataset for seized and non-intercepted illegal cheetah trade (Acinonyx jubatus) 2010–2019

open access: yesData in Brief, 2021
Cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus) are a keystone predator of savanna systems in Africa, yet their populations have dramatically declined due to pressures such as human-wildlife conflict, loss of habitat, and most notably the illegal trade in live cheetah cubs ...
Patricia Tricorache   +2 more
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Wildlife Trade and Human Health in Lao PDR: An Assessment of the Zoonotic Disease Risk in Markets. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2016
Although the majority of emerging infectious diseases can be linked to wildlife sources, most pathogen spillover events to people could likely be avoided if transmission was better understood and practices adjusted to mitigate risk.
Zoe F Greatorex   +16 more
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Dataset of seized wildlife and their intended uses

open access: yesData in Brief, 2021
The illegal wildlife trade (IWT) threatens conservation and biosecurity efforts. The Internet has greatly facilitated the trade of wildlife, and researchers have increasingly examined the Internet to uncover illegal trade. However, most efforts to locate
Oliver C. Stringham   +10 more
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Joining the dots in an era of uncertainty – Reviewing Myanmar’s Illegal wildlife trade and looking to the future

open access: yesGlobal Ecology and Conservation, 2022
Myanmar spans important bioregions and acts as both a source and a conduit for wildmeat and illegal wildlife trade across Asia. Interplays between internal demand for wildmeat and external demands for wildlife products from neighbouring China and ...
J.F. McEvoy   +13 more
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Trading Tactics: Time to Rethink the Global Trade in Wildlife

open access: yesAnimals, 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
doaj   +1 more source

Contesting moralities: the politics of wildlife trade in Laos

open access: yesJournal of Political Ecology, 2008
This article examines the intricacy within stylized debates that surround conservation and the regulation of wildlife trade in Southeast Asia. Illegal and unregulated trade in wildlife has been characterized by conservation groups as a great risk for ...
Sarinda Singh
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A tool for rapid assessment of wildlife markets in the Asia-Pacific Region for risk of future zoonotic disease outbreaks

open access: yesOne Health, 2021
Decades of warnings that the trade and consumption of wildlife could result in serious zoonotic pandemics have gone largely unheeded. Now the world is ravaged by COVID-19, with tremendous loss of life, economic and societal disruption, and dire ...
Eric Wikramanayake   +6 more
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Governance principles for the wildlife trade to reduce spillover and pandemic risk

open access: yesCABI One Health, 2023
The COVID-19 pandemic and its aftermath are the most significant socio-economic crises in modern history. The pandemic’s devastating impacts have prompted urgent policy and regulatory action to reduce the risks of future spillover events and pandemics ...
Duan Biggs   +12 more
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