Mapping illegal wildlife trade networks provides new opportunities for conservation actions

AbstractIllegal wildlife trade is one of the major threats to Neotropical psittacids, with nearly 28% of species targeted for the illegal pet trade. We analysed the most comprehensive data set on illegal wildlife trade currently available for Venezuela, from various sources, to provide a quantitative assessment of the magnitude, scope and detectability of the trade in psittacids at the national level. We calculated a specific offer index (SO) based on the frequency of which each species was offered for sale. Forty-seven species of psittacids were traded in Venezuela during 1981–2015, of which 17 were non-native. At least 641,675 individuals were traded, with an overall extraction rate of 18,334 individuals per year (35 years of accumulated reports). Amazona ochrocephala was the most frequently detected species (SO = 3.603), with the highest extraction rate (10,544 individuals per year), followed by Eupsittula pertinax (SO = 1.357) and Amazona amazonica (SO = 1.073). Amazona barbadensis, Ara ararauna and Ara chloropterus were the fourth most frequently detected species (SO = 0.564–0.615). Eleven species were involved principally in domestic trade (> 60% of records). Our approach could be the first step in developing a national monitoring programme to inform national policy on the trade in psittacids. Patterns and numbers provided may be used to update the official list of threatened species, and could also be used in planning conservation actions.

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Illegal wildlife trade networks: finding creative opportunities for conservation intervention in challenging circumstances

Animal Conservation ◽

10.1111/acv.12587 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 23 (2) ◽

pp. 151-152 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

A. Sánchez‐Mercado ◽

A. Cardozo‐Urdaneta ◽

K. M. Rodríguez‐Clark ◽

L. Moran ◽

L. Ovalle ◽

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Keyword(s):

Wildlife Trade ◽

Trade Networks ◽

Illegal Wildlife Trade

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Tramelling The Illegal Wildlife Trading: A Comparative Legislative Analysis of China and India

SASI ◽

10.47268/sasi.v27i4.597 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 27 (4) ◽

pp. 549

Author(s):

Sandeep Kumar Mohanty ◽

Soumya Prakash Patra

Keyword(s):

Law Enforcement ◽

Wildlife Trade ◽

Global Markets ◽

Law Enforcement Agencies ◽

Trade Networks ◽

Illegal Wildlife Trade ◽

China And India ◽

Environmental Agreement ◽

Target Consumer ◽

Multinational Businesses

Illegal wildlife trade is one of the major transnational crimes. Transnational Crime, by its very nature, is problematic as it surpasses national jurisdictions, as well as the parameters of information systems and law enforcement agencies. Illegal wildlife trade networks increasingly operate like global multinational businesses, connecting local markets to the global markets through complex and interlinked networks.Against this background, CITES was entered into, multinational environmental agreement to which 183 nations are parties to it and India, being a member of CITES, in compliance with the guidelines, has enacted an umbrella of 8 legislation for the protection of wildlife in India. But despite this austere legislation, India is progressively becoming a hub of illegal wildlife trade.The illegal laundering of wild-caught animals via legal pathways is subject to increased scrutiny. It appears that illegal wildlife traders are rampantly using other covert methods to smuggle these animals into the territories of target consumer countries, such as China. Once they enter into the jurisdiction of destination countries that permit legal trade in this species, it becomes arduous for the relevant enforcement agencies to distinguish between the wild-caught and captive-bred animals.The author undertakes to carry out a comparative analysis of the existing legislation of China concerning India to understand whether the legislation is robust enough for the protection of the wildlife and how the enforcement mechanism can be strengthened for the advancement of the endangered species.

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Combating Illegal Wildlife Trade And Transportation In Palawan

10.15405/epsbs.2019.10.16 ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

Richard B. Balucio

Keyword(s):

Wildlife Trade ◽

Illegal Wildlife Trade

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Tools and Resources to Combat Illegal Wildlife Trade

10.1596/29542 ◽

2018 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Keyword(s):

Wildlife Trade ◽

Illegal Wildlife Trade

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Clouded Leopard Neofelis nebulosa (Griffith, 1821) (Mammalia: Carnivora: Felidae) in illegal wildlife trade in Nepal

Journal of Threatened Taxa ◽

10.11609/jott.6504.12.16.17229-17234 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 12 (16) ◽

pp. 17229-17234

Author(s):

Yadav Ghimirey ◽

Raju Acharya

Keyword(s):

Wildlife Trade ◽

Illegal Trade ◽

Body Parts ◽

Clouded Leopard ◽

Illegal Wildlife Trade ◽

Neofelis Nebulosa

We document trade of the Clouded Leopard Neofelis nebulosa in Nepal based on pelt seizure reports published in wildlife trade reports and in newspapers. Just 27 cases in three decades seem little to suggest targeted illegal trade of the species, the seizure information in recent years indicate that illegal trade of Clouded Leopard body parts is still taking place. Hence an in-depth assessment is necessary to understand properly the intensity and magnitude of illegal trade on Clouded Leopard in the country.

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Anthropomorphic Strategies Promote Wildlife Conservation through Empathy: The Moderation Role of the Public Epidemic Situation

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ◽

10.3390/ijerph18073565 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 18 (7) ◽

pp. 3565

Author(s):

Dan Yue ◽

Zepeng Tong ◽

Jianchi Tian ◽

Yang Li ◽

Linxiu Zhang ◽

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Keyword(s):

College Students ◽

Behavioral Intention ◽

Wildlife Conservation ◽

Negative Emotion ◽

Public Awareness ◽

Negative Emotions ◽

Experimental Studies ◽

Wildlife Trade ◽

Illegal Wildlife Trade ◽

The Impact

The global illegal wildlife trade directly threatens biodiversity and leads to disease outbreaks and epidemics. In order to avoid the loss of endangered species and ensure public health security, it is necessary to intervene in illegal wildlife trade and promote public awareness of the need for wildlife conservation. Anthropomorphism is a basic and common psychological process in humans that plays a crucial role in determining how a person interacts with other non-human agents. Previous research indicates that anthropomorphizing nature entities through metaphors could increase individual behavioral intention of wildlife conservation. However, relatively little is known about the mechanism by which anthropomorphism influences behavioral intention and whether social context affects the effect of anthropomorphism. This research investigated the impact of negative emotions associated with a pandemic situation on the effectiveness of anthropomorphic strategies for wildlife conservation across two experimental studies. Experiment 1 recruited 245 college students online and asked them to read a combination of texts and pictures as anthropomorphic materials. The results indicated that anthropomorphic materials could increase participants’ empathy and decrease their wildlife product consumption intention. Experiment 2 recruited 140 college students online and they were required to read the same materials as experiment 1 after watching a video related to epidemics. The results showed that the effect of wildlife anthropomorphization vanished if participants’ negative emotion was aroused by the video. The present research provides experimental evidence that anthropomorphic strategies would be useful for boosting public support for wildlife conservation. However, policymakers and conservation organizations must be careful about the negative effects of the pandemic context, as the negative emotions produced by it seems to weaken the effectiveness of anthropomorphic strategies.

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