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<b style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit;"> </b><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Sophie M. E. Marsh et al., Conservation Biology, November
3, 2020</span><o:p style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"> </o:p></p>
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Unsustainable exploitation of wild species represents a serious threat to biodiversity and<o:p> </o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">to the livelihoods of local communities and Indigenous peoples. However,
managed, sustainable</span><o:p style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"> </o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">use
has the potential to forestall extinctions, aid recovery, and meet human needs.</span><o:p style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"> </o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">We
analyzed species-level data for 30,923 species from 13 taxonomic groups on the International</span><o:p style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"> </o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Union
for Conservation of Nature Red List of Threatened Species to investigate</span><o:p style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"> </o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">patterns
of intentional biological resource use. Forty percent of species (10,098 of 25,009</span><o:p style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"> </o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">species
from 10 data-sufficient taxonomic groups) were used. The main purposes of use</span><o:p style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"> </o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">were
pets, display animals, horticulture, and human consumption. Intentional use is currently</span><o:p style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"> </o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">contributing
to elevated extinction risk for 28–29% of threatened or near threatened</span><o:p style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"> </o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">(NT)
species (2752–2848 of 9753 species). Intentional use also affected 16% of all species</span><o:p style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"> </o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">used
(1597–1631 of 10,098). However, 72% of used species (7291 of 10,098) were least</span><o:p style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"> </o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">concern,
of which nearly half (3469) also had stable or improving population trends. The</span><o:p style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"> </o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">remainder
were not documented as threatened by biological resource use, including at least</span><o:p style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"> </o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">172
threatened or NT species with stable or improving populations. About one-third of</span><o:p style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"> </o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">species
that had use documented as a threat had no targeted species management actions</span><o:p style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"> </o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">to
directly address this threat. To improve use-related red-list data, we suggest small amendments</span><o:p style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"> </o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">to
the relevant classification schemes and required supporting documentation. Our findings on the prevalence of sustainable and unsustainable use, and variation across taxa, can inform international policy making, including the Intergovernmental Science-Policy
Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, the Convention on Biological Diversity, and the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species.</span><o:p style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"> </o:p></p>
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Link to article: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34605070/<o:p> </o:p></p>
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