A critical environmental justice framework for the illegal wildlife trade

Frontiers in Conservation Science, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 6

Опубликована: Фев. 14, 2025

Rapidly, scholars and practitioners are recognizing the need for radical incorporation of justice into conservation interventions. Critical environmental is an attractive avenue integrating wildlife crime prevention within illegal trade. As coined by David Pellow, critical delineates dynamics inequality related to intersecting social categories, multi-scalarity, racial expendability, state power. Within IWT, these pillars offer opportunities contend with futures otherwise pursue IWT intervention a grounded understanding communities, wildlife, each other. This article demystifies EJ literature analyzes through lens. Grounding study in approach can facilitate more seamless, radical, transformative integration principles intervention.

Язык: Английский

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Unraveling the non-linear associations between the international legal wildlife trade and biodiversity

Biological Conservation, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 304, С. 111028 - 111028

Опубликована: Фев. 22, 2025

Язык: Английский

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Effect of primate protection on threatened and endemic vertebrates, plants, ecosystem services, and future climate refugia

Conservation Biology, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown

Опубликована: Март 28, 2025

Abstract Primates, 69% of which are threatened with extinction, the third most specious order mammals. We used primates as model taxa to examine umbrella effects on ecosystem services and protection other vertebrates seed plants in Yunnan Province, China. identified areas conservation priority for 16 primate species determined endemic terrestrial would be protected through a program targeting conservation. Areas high richness were spatially correlated distribution 601 4010 plants. Primate was positively carbon sequestration enhanced water soil coincided future climate refugia. If 30% Yunnan's naturally forested regions designated areas, then 52.3% province's average annual sequestration, 51.7% its resources, 54.1% 30–33% climate‐stable protected. Protecting uniquely contributes maintaining biodiversity that promote stability. Although we focused single mammalian region, our approach evaluation has broad applicability can help achieve multiple targets Kunming–Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework.

Язык: Английский

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Progress on the world’s primate hotspots and coldspots: modeling ensemble super SDMs in cloud-computers based on digital citizen-science big data and 200+ predictors for more sustainable conservation planning

Ecological Processes, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 14(1)

Опубликована: Май 16, 2025

Abstract Background Describing where distribution hotspots and coldspots are located is crucial for any science-based species management governance. Thus, here we created the world’s first Super Species Distribution Models (SDMs) including all described primate best-available predictor set. These SDMs conducted using an ensemble of modern Machine Learning algorithms, Maxent, TreeNet, RandomForest, CART, CART Boosting Bagging, MARS with utilization cloud supercomputers (as add-on option more powerful models). For global cold/hotspot models, obtained data from www.GBIF.org (approx. 420,000 raw occurrence records) utilized largest Open Access environmental set 201 layers. this analysis, occurrences have been merged into one multi-species (400+ species) pixel-based analysis. Results We present quantified hotspot prediction Central Northern South America, West Africa, East Southeast Asia, Southern Africa. The Antarctica, Arctic, most temperate regions, Oceania past Wallace line. additionally these modeled hotspots/coldspots discussed reasons a understanding non-human primates occur (or not). Conclusions This shows us focus future research conservation efforts should be, state-of-the-art digital indication tools reasoning. Those areas be considered highest priority, ideally following ‘no killing zones’ sustainable land stewardship approaches if to chance survival.

Язык: Английский

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Navigating Cross-Cultural Relationships to Address the Illegal Wildlife Trade: Learning From Western-Interactions With Traditional Chinese Medicine and Traditional Knowledges

Society & Natural Resources, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown, С. 1 - 14

Опубликована: Янв. 20, 2025

Язык: Английский

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Live non-human primate trafficking in Bangladesh: A growing threat to the remaining populations

Zoologia (Curitiba), Год журнала: 2025, Номер 42

Опубликована: Янв. 1, 2025

ABSTRACT Despite being crucial to forest ecosystems and biodiversity, primates globally face severe threats from trafficking, driven by demands for pets, traditional medicine, biomedical research. Primate trafficking is a little-known issue in Bangladesh has not been well-documented. This study investigates the recent trends patterns of primate January 2021 June 2024, utilizing secondary data online news portals. We documented 19 incidents involving 32 across ten districts. Five species were identified as trafficked, with capped langur, Bengal slow loris, Western Hoolock Gibbon most affected. Traffickers predominantly targeted juveniles due their manageability appeal. Most animals sourced Chattogram division transported using public transport, interceptions made Police. Our findings highlight structured network call comprehensive studies trace routes economic transactions. underscores urgent need enhanced conservation measures, stricter enforcement wildlife protection laws, regional cooperation combat effectively.

Язык: Английский

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Threatened synanthropes depend on intact forests: a critical evaluation of Moore et al. (2023)

Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown

Опубликована: Март 11, 2025

ABSTRACT Synanthropes are known for their remarkable adaptability to coexist with humans, yet increased visibility exposes them significant threats, such as hunting or conflict over resources. Moore et al. 's review ‘The rise of hyperabundant native generalists threatens both humans and nature’ ( https://doi.org/10.1111/brv.12985 ) explores distribution patterns impacts macaques pigs in anthropogenic environments. Our critical evaluation this study revealed several substantial issues: the pooling data from species that ecologically behaviourally distinct, an error acquisition, potential biases statistical analyses, misrepresentations threats wildlife human‐impacted habitats. Additionally, we highlight lack evidence supporting authors' core assertion hyperabundance species. While compare densities abundance across various habitat types, analyses did not demonstrate population increases time. On contrary, our re‐analysis sets showed a decreasing trend Macaca nemestrina absence M. fascicularis 44% surveyed habitats characterized by medium high forest integrity. Further, findings emphasize importance intact forests predicting relative pigs. Overall, recommend more careful interpretation data, can result negative sensational discourses about overabundance, which may threaten conservation often thrive landscapes.

Язык: Английский

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Multiplying Factors of Disturbance of Mammalian Fauna during Evolution in the Itombwe Nature Reserve in DR Congo

Natural Resources, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 16(04), С. 153 - 171

Опубликована: Янв. 1, 2025

Язык: Английский

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Impacto del tráfico ilegal de mamíferos en Colombia con enfoque en los análisis de biodiversidad

Revista de la Academia Colombiana de Ciencias Exactas Físicas y Naturales, Год журнала: 2024, Номер unknown

Опубликована: Авг. 6, 2024

El tráfico ilegal de fauna silvestre es una problemática subestimada, lo que ha facilitado su persistencia y impedido la adopción acciones para conservación grupos taxonómicos como el los mamíferos, cual constituye un desafío significativo dada considerable diversidad en Colombia. Además, desconocimiento sobre las especies áreas del país más afectadas agrava situación. En este sentido, presente estudio responde a necesidad conocer dinámica teniendo cuenta afectados forma varía presión estos taxones nivel espacial. Para ello se hicieron análisis partir registros incautaciones autoridades ambientales país. Durante periodo 2018-2022 incautaron 1.584 individuos 79 especies, distribuidas 11 órdenes 29 familias. Los primates roedores fueron confiscados. Se detectaron puntos críticos ciertas regiones departamentos encontró mayor traficadas correspondía región Andina. datos revelaron subestimaciones incautación, sugiere aún número variedad mamíferos afectados. encontraron falencias manera clasifica reporta tipo información, apunta coordinadas permitan minimizar esos errores establecer medidas control efectivas disminuir impacto poblaciones silvestres colombianos.

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Synergistic Threats to Wild Fauna in Ecuador: Using a Novel Data Source to Estimate the Impacts of Trafficking and Human–Wildlife Conflict

Diversity, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 16(8), С. 490 - 490

Опубликована: Авг. 11, 2024

Wildlife trafficking and human–wildlife conflict are major causes of species decline. The illegal nature wildlife makes it hard, sometimes dangerous, to study. ‘Mansión Mascota’ is a veterinary clinic in Guayaquil, Ecuador, which, through agreement with the Ecuadorian Ministry Environment, receives confiscated for treatment. Mansión Mascota also injured abandoned brought by authorities public. Between January 2018 September 2022, received 3212 wild animals from ≥171 taxa, including mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians. Through classification records based on reported use, native distribution, evidence capture/pet keeping, we were able classify 1127 68 as subject trafficking. Turtles most abundant group (69%). majority turtles (91%) primates (80%) Amazonian origin, whereas 90% psittacines 97% carnivores had potential coastal origins. Threatened conservation-dependent common traffic. Furthermore, ≥955 106 due anthropogenic conflict. Trafficking, combined high number animals, highlights synergistic threats facing Ecuador.

Язык: Английский

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