#Wildlifetrade

Five years ago today, USFWS banned 201 species of #salamanders from entering the US to prevent a #chytrid extinction crisis (see here: https://www.fws.gov/injuriouswildlife/salamanders.html?fbclid=IwAR0VIh1ZXGYgx05ilZnN1x03dsK35TPzAVApe6eoj
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A number of misconceptions: "To curtail #WildlifeTrade, the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (@CITES) was created in 1975. Unfortunately, many #animal species are not monitored by this convention
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(1/N) Exactly 7 years ago, I arrived in Madagascar to perform my biggest rapid response #frog conservation project. A few months earlier, I obtained the 1st confirmed evidence of amphibian
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1/6 Amidst the #COVID19 pandemic, the role of #WildlifeTrade in spreading #diseases has come to the spotlight, and with that, several calls for #EndWildlifeTrade. But how have sellers and buyers
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Indonesia's authority facing criticism from online users for their decision to release back into the wild confiscated wildlife. link: https://tinyurl.com/yxgzwgvj . ( a thread, below)#wildlifetrade #wildlifecrime #savesongbirds #so
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**Thousands of #species are traded globally with inadequate traceability**Global legal #wildlife trade '97-2016 (both CITES and non-CITES listed) averaged US$220 billion/yr – 10 x annual trade in #trafficked wildlifeBut most
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NEW PAPER out on 'Investigating the risks of removing wild meat from global food systems' Mixed-methods study led by @ICCS_updates in collab with international experts Summary infographic & thread below
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