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ArticleScientific data2022

Voluntary consensus based geospatial data standards for the global illegal trade in wild fauna and flora.

Meredith L Gore, Lee R Schwartz, Kofi Amponsah-Mensah, Emily Barbee, Susan Canney, Maria Carbo-Penche, Drew Cronin, Rowan Hilend, Melinda Laituri, David Luna and 15 more

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Article in Scientific data, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. The magnitude of legal wildlife trade and implications for species survival.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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  2. Advancing interdisciplinary science for disrupting wildlife trafficking networks.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2023
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

25 authors.

Meredith L GoreDepartment of Geographical Sciences, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA. gorem@umd.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-2613-4715
Lee R SchwartzOffice of the Geographer and Global Issues, US Department of State, Washington, DC, USA. schwartzlr@state.gov.
Kofi Amponsah-MensahCentre for Biodiversity Conservation Research, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana.
Emily BarbeeDepartment of Operations Management, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5434-6136
Susan CanneyDepartment of Zoology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.
Maria Carbo-PencheWildlife Conservation Society South Sudan Program, Juba, South Sudan.
Drew CroninInternational Conservation, North Carolina Zoo, Asheboro, NC, USA.
Rowan HilendDepartment of Supply Chain Management, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA.
Melinda LaituriOffice of the Geographer and Global Issues, US Department of State, Washington, DC, USA.
David LunaLuna Global Networks & Convergence Strategies, Washington, DC, USA.
Faith MainaSpace for Giants, Nanyuki, Kenya.
Christian MeySpecial Wildlife Protection Fund, Ministry of Forestry and Wildlife, Yaoundé, Cameroon.
Kathleena MumfordBooze Allen Hamilton, McLean, VA, USA.
Robinson MugoRegional Centre for Mapping of Resources for Development (RCMRD), Nairobi, Kenya.
Redempta NdugutaSpace for Giants, Nanyuki, Kenya.
Christopher NyceEmbassy Juba, US Department of State, Juba, South Sudan.
John McEvoySmithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, Front Royal, VA, USA.
William McSheaSmithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, Front Royal, VA, USA.
Angelo MandimbihasinaMadagascar Program Patrol Coordinator, Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust, Antananarivo, Madagascar.ORCID 0000-0001-8008-0554
Nick SalafskyFoundations of Success, Washington, DC, USA.
David SmetanaEnvironmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI), Ottawa, Canada.
Alexander TaitNational Geographic Society, Washington, DC, USA.
Tim WittigUnited for Wildlife Taskforce, London, United Kingdom.
Dawn WrightEnvironmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI), Redlands, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2997-7611
Leah Wanambwa NaessDepartment of Agriculture, Rural Development Blue Economy, and Sustainable Environment, African Union Commission, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Funding

National Science Foundation (NSF) 1935451
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We have more data about wildlife trafficking than ever before, but it remains underutilized for decision-making. Central to effective wildlife trafficking interventions is collection, aggregation, and analysis of data across a range of source, transit, and destination geographies. Many data are geospatial, but these data cannot be effectively accessed or aggregated without appropriate geospatial data standards. Our goal was to create geospatial data standards to help advance efforts to combat wildlife trafficking. We achieved our goal using voluntary, participatory, and engagement-based workshops with diverse and multisectoral stakeholders, online portals, and electronic communication with more than 100 participants on three continents. The standards support data-to-decision efforts in the field, for example indictments of key figures within wildlife trafficking, and disruption of their networks. Geospatial data standards help enable broader utilization of wildlife trafficking data across disciplines and sectors, accelerate aggregation and analysis of data across space and time, advance evidence-based decision making, and reduce wildlife trafficking.

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PMID35660766
PMCPMC9166703

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