The illegal wildlife trade in Bangladesh increases during the wet season due to a shortage of livelihoods and poor surveillance, a study has found.
Killing and trading wildlife has been illegal in Bangladesh since 2012, but a culture of hunting means the problem still persists, wildlife officials say.
by Mahadi Al Hasnat
https://news.mongabay.com/2023/08/when-it-rains-it-pours-bangladesh-wildlife-trade-booms-during-monsoon/
#News #conservation #environment #wildlife #WildlifeTrade
Interested in your suggestions for #conferences in 2023/24 are online/hybrid in following fields: #conservation #carnivores #felids #ecology #ClimateChange #HumanWildlifeConflict #WildlifeTrade #IndigenousRights #BehaviouralEcology #Zoonosis. Thanks! #AcademicMastodon #research
#conferences #conservation #carnivores #felids #ecology #climatechange #humanwildlifeconflict #WildlifeTrade #indigenousrights #behaviouralecology #zoonosis #academicmastodon #research
RTE news : Raccoon dog data sparks new debate about Covid origins
#SARSCov2 #WildlifeTrade #NextPandemic
http://www.rte.ie/news/coronavirus/2023/0324/1366046-raccoon-wuhan-covid/
#sarscov2 #WildlifeTrade #nextpandemic
RT @MyFrogCroaked
It made me sad to see this "Assorted Tortoise" at @PetSmart in NYC yesterday. Not all tortoises are the same with respect to how big they grow & the care they need. I think these #animals deserve more care & respect starting before they're sold. #WildlifeTrade #reptiles #pets
#animals #WildlifeTrade #reptiles #pets
Voluntary Consensus-Based Geospatial Data Standards For The Global Illegal Trade In Wild Fauna And Flora
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-022-01371-w <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #illegalwildlifetrade #communication #data #engagement #wildlife #wildlifeconservation #illegal #international #global #geography #source #transit #destination #smuggling #datastandards #opendatastandards #geospatialdatastandards #online #indictments #wildlifetrafficking #wildlifetrade #decisionmaking #enforcement #poaching #poachers
#gis #spatial #mapping #illegalwildlifetrade #communication #data #engagement #wildlife #WildlifeConservation #illegal #international #global #geography #source #transit #destination #smuggling #datastandards #opendatastandards #geospatialdatastandards #online #indictments #wildlifetrafficking #WildlifeTrade #decisionmaking #enforcement #poaching #poachers
New #preprint: How well is the Lacey Act doing at protecting the U.S. from imports of #Bsal, an invasive disease decimating #salamander populations? Host species banned in 2016 are being kept out, but trade in amphibians since discovered to be likely hosts continues. From Patrick Connelly, Oliver Stringham, Evan Eskew, and myself.
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.01.05.522946v1
Code and data from many years of #USFWS #LEMIS trade data #FOIA requests included!
#preprint #bsal #salamander #usfws #lemis #foia #OneHealth #WildlifeTrade #herp #conservation
Please disseminate widely!
UN Convention for Migratory Species has put out a call fors Expression of Interest for 2 CMS Reports on Impacts of Taking, Trade and Consumption of Aquatic and Avian Migratory Species for Wild Meat.
Closing date 31 January 2023
https://www.cms.int/en/news/call-expressions-interest-development-two-cms-reports-impacts-taking-trade-and-consumption
Please disseminate widely!
UN Convention for Migratory Species has put out a call fors Expression of Interest for 2 CMS Reports on Impacts of Taking, Trade and Consumption of Aquatic and Avian Migratory Species for Wild Meat.
Closing date 31 January 2023
https://www.cms.int/en/news/call-expressions-interest-development-two-cms-reports-impacts-taking-trade-and-consumption
Demand an end to #pangolinpoaching and speak out against the harmful global #wildlifetrade that puts #pangolins in danger: https://bit.ly/3NcjOwJ
#pangolins #WildlifeTrade #pangolinpoaching