ArticleEcoHealth2010
Summarizing the evidence on the international trade in illegal wildlife.
Article in EcoHealth, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 70 papers.
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70 citing papers in PubMed.
- Exploring the impacts of wildlife trade on zoonotic spillover and disease outbreaks: A multiple-perspective study.One health (Amsterdam, Netherlands) · 2026Article
- Wildlife Trade and Genetic Basis of Disease Susceptibility: A Review.International journal of immunogenetics · 2026Review
- Illegal Wildlife Trade in Kathmandu Valley: A Hub of Biodiversity Crime.Ecology and evolution · 2026Article
- How illegal wildlife trade adheres to and defies conventional market behavior.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026Article
- First molecular confirmation of Spirometra mansoni (Cestoda: Diphyllobothriidea) in Indonesian cobras (Naja sputatrix and Naja sumatrana).Parasites & vectors · 2026Article
- Using miniaturized laboratory equipment and DNA barcoding to improve conservation genetics training and identify illegally traded species.Conservation biology : the journal of the Society for Conservation Biology · 2026Article
- Using online reports of seahorse seizures to track their illegal trade.Conservation biology : the journal of the Society for Conservation Biology · 2025Article
- Wildlife trade investigations benefit from multivariate stable isotope analyses.Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society · 2025Review
- Approaches to tracing the geographic origin of wildlife trade.National science review · 2024Article
- Mitigating Wildlife Spillover in the Clinical Setting: How Physicians and Veterinarians Can Help Prevent Future Disease Outbreaks.AJPM focus · 2024Review
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- Anthropogenic mortality of large mammals and trends of conflict over two decades in Nepal.Ecology and evolution · 2022Article
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- Concerned or Apathetic? Using Social Media Platform (Twitter) to Gauge the Public Awareness about Wildlife Conservation: A Case Study of the Illegal Rhino Trade.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Confounding Rules Can Hinder Conservation: Disparities in Law Regulation on Domestic and International Parrot Trade within and among Neotropical Countries.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2022Article
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- Zootherapy as a potential pathway for zoonotic spillover: a mixed-methods study of the use of animal products in medicinal and cultural practices in Nigeria.One health outlook · 2022Article
- Comparative Snake Venom Analysis for Facilitating Wildlife Forensics: A Pilot Study.Journal of analytical methods in chemistry · 2022Article
- Island of misfit tortoises: waif gopher tortoise health assessment following translocation.Conservation physiology · 2022Article
- Evaluating the reliability of media reports for gathering information about illegal wildlife trade seizures.PeerJ · 2022Article
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Abstract
The global trade in illegal wildlife is a multi-billion dollar industry that threatens biodiversity and acts as a potential avenue for invasive species and disease spread. Despite the broad-sweeping implications of illegal wildlife sales, scientists have yet to describe the scope and scale of the trade. Here, we provide the most thorough and current description of the illegal wildlife trade using 12 years of seizure records compiled by TRAFFIC, the wildlife trade monitoring network. These records comprise 967 seizures including massive quantities of ivory, tiger skins, live reptiles, and other endangered wildlife and wildlife products. Most seizures originate in Southeast Asia, a recently identified hotspot for future emerging infectious diseases. To date, regulation and enforcement have been insufficient to effectively control the global trade in illegal wildlife at national and international scales. Effective control will require a multi-pronged approach including community-scale education and empowering local people to value wildlife, coordinated international regulation, and a greater allocation of national resources to on-the-ground enforcement.
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