Multidisciplinary studies of wildlife trade in primates: Challenges and priorities
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DOI: 10.1002/ajp.22710
Abstract: Wildlife trade is increasingly recognized as an unsustainable threat to primate populations and informing its management is a growing focus and application of primatological research. However, management policies based on ecological research alone cannot address… read more here.
Keywords: multidisciplinary studies; research; wildlife trade; trade ... See more keywords
Effects of Chronic Stress on the Fecal Microbiome of Malayan Pangolins (Manis javanica) Rescued from the Illegal Wildlife Trade.
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DOI: 10.1007/s00284-021-02357-4
Abstract: Pangolins (scaly anteaters, Pholidota) are among those mammals that are most affected by the international, illegal wildlife trade. Recently, wildlife rescue centers in China became dedicated to rehabilitate confiscated pangolins and prepare them for reintroduction… read more here.
Keywords: wildlife trade; chronic stress; illegal wildlife; malayan ... See more keywords
The role of informal networks in promoting illegal wildlife trade: a qualitative analysis from Uganda
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DOI: 10.1007/s12117-021-09433-y
Abstract: Illegal wildlife trade (IWT) poses a threat to many countries in Africa, Asia, South and Central America. While the role of informal networks in sustaining wildlife trafficking is ever more on the radar of scholars… read more here.
Keywords: wildlife trade; illegal wildlife; networks promoting; role informal ... See more keywords
Unveiling the patterns and trends in 40 years of global trade in CITES-listed wildlife
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DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2018.04.017
Abstract: Abstract Wildlife trade can provide commercial incentives to conserve biodiversity but, if unsustainable, can also pose a threat. CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora) aims to ensure international… read more here.
Keywords: listed wildlife; wildlife trade; trade cites; trade ... See more keywords
Challenges and perspectives on tackling illegal or unsustainable wildlife trade
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DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2021.109342
Abstract: Abstract Illegal or unsustainable wildlife trade (IUWT) currently presents one of the most high-profile conservation challenges. There is no “one-size-fits-all” strategy, and a variety of disciplines and actors are needed for any counteractive approach to… read more here.
Keywords: wildlife; unsustainable wildlife; wildlife trade; iuwt ... See more keywords
Online trade in wildlife and the lack of response to COVID-19
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DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2020.110439
Abstract: Wildlife trade has been widely discussed as a likely origin of the COVID-19 pandemic. It remains unclear how the main actors in the wildlife trade chain responded to these discussions and to the campaigns advocating… read more here.
Keywords: wildlife trade; trade wildlife; online trade; trade ... See more keywords
No need to beat around the bushmeat–The role of wildlife trade and conservation initiatives in the emergence of zoonotic diseases
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DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e07692
Abstract: 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… read more here.
Keywords: wildlife; wildlife trade; conservation initiatives; zoonotic diseases ... See more keywords
Documenting and tackling the illegal wildlife trade: change and continuity over 40 years
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DOI: 10.1017/s0030605318001047
Abstract: In October the UK government hosts a major international governmental conference on tackling the illegal wildlife trade, the latest in a series that it initiated in with a conference attended by representatives of… read more here.
Keywords: research; wildlife trade; illegal wildlife; attention ... See more keywords
Scientists call for pandemic investigations to focus on wildlife trade
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DOI: 10.1038/d41586-020-02052-7
Abstract: The World Health Organization is sending scientists to China this weekend to investigate the origins of the COVID-19 outbreak. The World Health Organization is sending scientists to China this weekend to investigate the origins of… read more here.
Keywords: focus wildlife; wildlife trade; call pandemic; pandemic investigations ... See more keywords
Trading Animal Lives: Ten Tricky Issues on the Road to Protecting Commodified Wild Animals
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DOI: 10.1093/biosci/biab035
Abstract: Wildlife commodification can generate benefits for biodiversity conservation, but it also has negative impacts; overexploitation of wildlife is currently one of the biggest drivers of vertebrate extinction risk. In the present article, we highlight 10… read more here.
Keywords: trading animal; wildlife trade; lives ten; tricky issues ... See more keywords
Shadow operations in wildlife trade under China’s Belt and Road Initiative
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DOI: 10.1177/0920203x20948680
Abstract: Minimal attention has been given to the ways in which the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) interacts with the informal economy. Drawing on fieldwork investigations and published reports, this article shows how the BRI interacts… read more here.
Keywords: road initiative; belt road; trade; wildlife trade ... See more keywords