A more-than-human political ecology of Indonesian songbird trade

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: April 19, 2025

Abstract Since its conception as a discipline, conservation has considered the ‘problem’ of wildlife trade. In focusing on outcomes, we almost wholly omit discussions welfare animals and plants, harms they endure. Here, develop political ecology approach that incorporates interconnectedness people with natural habitats (“more-than-human”) to study Indonesian bird trade, which is deeply culturally embedded, monetised speciose. Bringing together marketplace observations, 1-1 interviews experts, focus groups law enforcement, map out trade across three levels (actor, inter-actor market level) explore flows birds, interactions, power dynamics within this economy. We use method considers both human perspectives recognize birds active participants their own experiences Specifically, acknowledge previously obscured experienced by like feather plucking, dismemberment, sinus infection, overcrowding, suffocation death. Different forms harm occur in different parts supply chain depend actors whom are interacting. Loss freedom occurs at harvest physical/physiological during transit point However, lower for highly sought-after species, though difficult source well cared affluent collectors, but higher when demand high, supply-side factors lead broad harvesting consideration welfare. Our findings also indicate men classes engage various reasons, such socialisation, investment connecting Javan traditions. interdisciplinary highlight experience relating Five Domains model. Critical understanding endured issues surrounding class, gender culture Indonesia, other IWT contexts.

Language: Английский

Creating a more inclusive approach to wildlife trade management

Conservation Biology, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 38(5)

Published: Sept. 9, 2024

Global wildlife trade involves a diverse array of species. Although sustainable underpins livelihoods for communities worldwide, unsustainable trade, whether legal or illegal, threatens thousands species and can lead to extinctions. From plants fungi fish, amphibians, mammals, invertebrates, reptiles, across taxa are affected by trade. Attention has increased in recent years, but its focus largely remained on narrow range high-profile species, with deemed less charismatic frequently overlooked, despite some having significant volumes levels threat wild populations. These biases hamper effective policy interventions, reduce awareness wider threats from prevent conservation efforts focusing the most pressing issues. It is important broaden scope research discussions create more inclusive approach management. The diversity approaches be improved expanding monitoring variety taxa; collecting fundamental ecological data underpin assessments sustainability; improving codesigning interventions key stakeholders actors; developing appropriate strategies managing supply, demand products ensure protected.

Language: Английский