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Digital Surveillance: A Novel Approach to Monitoring the Illegal Wildlife Trade [PDF]

, 2012
A dearth of information obscures the true scale of the global illegal trade in wildlife. Herein, we introduce an automated web crawling surveillance system developed to monitor reports on illegally traded wildlife. A resource for enforcement officials as
Brownstein, John Samuel, Joly, Damien, Li, Annie, Mekaru, Sumiko, Sonricker Hansen, Amy L.   +4 more
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Economic incentives for the wildlife trade and costs of epidemics compared across individual, national, and global scales

Conservation Science and Practice, 2022
The wildlife trade drives biodiversity loss and zoonotic disease emergence, and the health and economic impacts of COVID‐19 have sparked discussions over stricter regulation of the wildlife trade. Yet regulation for conservation and health purposes is at
Luz A. deWit, Brendan Fisher, Robin Naidoo, Taylor H. Ricketts   +3 more
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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

Conservation, 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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Snake prices and crocodile appetites: Aquatic wildlife supply and demand on Tonle Sap Lake, Cambodia [PDF]

, 2010
Commercial trade is a major driver of over-exploitation of wild species, but the pattern of demand and how it responds to changes in supply is poorly understood.
Berkes, Blake, Bonheur, Brashares, Broad, Brooks, Brooks, Brukner, Cheung, Clarke, Courchamp, Cowlishaw, Dickson, Dulvy, East, Edward H. Allison, Fa, Hall, Huitric, Jennifer A. Gill, Jerozolimski, John D. Reynolds, Kroner, Kummu, Lamberts, Lamberts, Lim, MEA, Pinnegar, Revol, Robinson, Rowcliffe, Sharon E. Brooks, Shine, So, Stuart, Stuart, Stuart, Thorbjarnarson, van Mulekom, Wilkie, Wilkie, Wilkie, Yiming, Zhou, Zhou   +45 more
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Global dataset for seized and non-intercepted illegal cheetah trade (Acinonyx jubatus) 2010–2019

Data 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, Shira Yashphe, Laurie Marker   +2 more
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Determining the sustainability of legal wildlife trade

Journal of Environmental Management, 2023
Exploitation of wildlife represents one of the greatest threats to species survival according to the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services. Whilst detrimental impacts of illegal trade are well recognised, legal trade is often equated to being sustainable despite the lack of evidence or data in the majority of ...
Alice C. Hughes, Mark Auliya, Sandra Altherr, Brett R. Scheffers, Jordi Janssen, Vincent Nijman, Chris R. Shepherd, Neil D'Cruze, Emerson Sy, David P. Edwards   +9 more
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The Seven Forms of Challenges in the Wildlife Trade [PDF]

Tropical Conservation Science, 2020
Initiatives that aim to regulate the international wildlife trade must take into account its multiple and often complex dimensions in order to be effective. To do this, it is essential to understand the interactions between three of the key dimensions of the wildlife trade: (1) taxonomic unit, (2) geographic origin, and (3) product form and ...
Roberts, DL, Hinsley, A
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Contesting moralities: the politics of wildlife trade in Laos

Journal 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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Determining the Provenance of Traded Wildlife in the Philippines

Animals, 2023
The illegal wildlife trade is a significant threat to global biodiversity, often targeting already threatened species. In combating the trade, it is critical to know the provenance of the traded animal or part to facilitate targeted conservation actions, such as education and enforcement.
Kate J. Brandis, Phoebe Meagher, Sabine Schoppe, Kyle Zawada, Indira Widmann, Peter Widmann, Roger Dolorosa, Roxane Francis   +7 more
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Governance principles for the wildlife trade to reduce spillover and pandemic risk

CABI 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, Alison J. Peel, Christos Astaras, Alexander Braczkowski, Hubert Cheung, Chi-Yeung Choi, Robinson Diotoh Orume, Hernán Cáceres-Escobar, Jacob Phelps, Raina K. Plowright, Jacques Rooyen, Julia Velden, Hamish McCallum   +12 more
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