Emerging illegal wildlife trade issues: a global horizon scan

Illegal wildlife trade is gaining prominence as a threat to biodiversity, but addressing it remains challenging. To help inform proactive policy responses in the face of uncertainty, in 2018 we conducted a horizon scan of significant emerging issues. We built upon existing iterative horizon scanning methods, using an open and global participatory approach to evaluate and rank issues from a diverse range of sources. Prioritised issues related to three themes: developments in biological, information and financial technologies; changing trends in demand and information; and socio-economic and geopolitical shifts and influences. The issues covered areas ranging from changing demographic and economic factors to innovations in technology and communications that affect IWT markets globally; the top three issues related to China, illustrating its vital role in tackling emerging threats. This analysis can support national governments, international bodies, researchers and non-governmental organisations as they develop strategies for addressing the illegal wildlife trade.

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Emerging trends of the illegal wildlife trade in Mesoamerica

Oryx ◽

10.1017/s0030605319001133 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 1-9

Author(s):

Sarah Gluszek ◽

Daniel Ariano-Sánchez ◽

Patricia Cremona ◽

Alejandra Goyenechea ◽

Darío Antonio Luque Vergara ◽

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Keyword(s):

Low Cost ◽

Biodiversity Hotspot ◽

Wildlife Trade ◽

Global Community ◽

Systematic Monitoring ◽

Illegal Wildlife Trade ◽

Proactive Approach ◽

Wildlife Species ◽

Emerging Trends ◽

Horizon Scanning

Abstract Mesoamerica is the world's third largest biodiversity hotspot and has c. 4,000 wildlife species protected under CITES. Despite the high biodiversity in the region, there is limited global attention, data and funding for conservation. The continued exploitation of wildlife species for the trade requires a more proactive approach to address emerging trends, and low-cost and effective solutions to prevent species decline. Over a 5-month period in 2017, we used expert-driven horizon scanning, facilitated online, to identify emerging trends of the illegal wildlife trade in Mesoamerica. We found that the main emerging trends included digital and technological advancements, greater regional access to the global community, developments in trafficking techniques and growing demand for certain species. Our findings demonstrate that horizon scanning can be used as a tool for identifying emerging trends of illegal wildlife trade in data-poor contexts. We recommend that horizon scanning is used regularly for systematic monitoring of trends and to prioritize resources for immediate and emerging trends in illegal wildlife trade.

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Challenges, Concerns, and Perspectives for Poland's Energy Transition during Global COVID-19 Pandemic

Global Energy Law and Sustainability ◽

10.3366/gels.2020.0022 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 1 (2) ◽

pp. 169-173

Author(s):

Andrzej Lorkowski ◽

Robert Jeszke

Keyword(s):

Internal Energy ◽

Energy Transition ◽

Energy Transformation ◽

Modern Times ◽

Current Discussion ◽

The Face ◽

National Governments ◽

The Eu ◽

At Home

The whole world is currently struggling with one of the most disastrous pandemics to hit in modern times – Covid-19. Individual national governments, the WHO and worldwide media organisations are appealing for humanity to universally stay at home, to limit contact and to stay safe in the ongoing fight against this unseen threat. Economists are concerned about the devastating effect this will have on the markets and possible outcomes. One of the countries suffering from potential destruction of this situation is Poland. In this article we will explain how difficult internal energy transformation is, considering the long-term crisis associated with the extraction and usage of coal, the European Green Deal and current discussion on increasing the EU 2030 climate ambitions. In the face of an ongoing pandemic, the situation becomes even more challenging with each passing day.

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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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Real Time Gender and Age Prediction using Deep Learning Techniques

International Journal of Innovative Technology and Exploring Engineering - Special Issue ◽

10.35940/ijitee.e2906.049620 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 9 (6) ◽

pp. 797-801

Keyword(s):

Deep Learning ◽

Face Recognition ◽

Real Time ◽

Vital Role ◽

Learning Techniques ◽

Gender And Age ◽

The Face ◽

And Gender ◽

Gender Detection ◽

Age Prediction

Face recognition plays a vital role in security purpose. In recent years, the researchers have focused on the pose illumination, face recognition, etc,. The traditional methods of face recognition focus on Open CV’s fisher faces which results in analyzing the face expressions and attributes. Deep learning method used in this proposed system is Convolutional Neural Network (CNN). Proposed work includes the following modules: [1] Face Detection [2] Gender Recognition [3] Age Prediction. Thus the results obtained from this work prove that real time age and gender detection using CNN provides better accuracy results compared to other existing approaches.

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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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First broad and systematic horizon scanning campaign and study to detect societal and ethical dilemmas and emerging issues spanning over cybersecurity solutions

Personal and Ubiquitous Computing ◽

10.1007/s00779-020-01510-3 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Aleksandra Pawlicka ◽

Michał Choraś ◽

Rafał Kozik ◽

Marek Pawlicki

Keyword(s):

Ethical Dilemmas ◽

Horizon Scanning ◽

Emerging Issues

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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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