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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">Pedro Cardoso et al., Biological Conservation, November 2021</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;"> </span><br>
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<span style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt; line-height:normal">Highlights:</span><span style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt; line-height:normal"> </span></p>
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<li style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt">Illegal or unsustainable wildlife trade threatens numerous species.</span><span style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt"> </span></li><li style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt">Both targeted and non-targeted species are affected by wildlife trade.</span><span style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt"> </span></li><li style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt">Invasive species and the loss of ecosystem services exacerbate problems.</span><span style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt"> </span></li><li style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt">Disease transmission to humans is currently a major concern.</span><span style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt"> </span></li><li style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt">Criminal networks and effects on local and global economies are pervasive.</span><span style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt"> </span></li></ul>
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<div><span style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt">Abstract:</span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif">Illegal or unsustainable wildlife trade is growing at a global level, threatening the traded species and coexisting biota, and promoting the spread of invasive species. From the loss
of ecosystem services to diseases transmitted from wildlife to humans, or connections with major organized crime networks and disruption of local to global economies, its ramifications are pervading our daily lives and perniciously affecting our well-being.
Here we build on the manifesto ‘World Scientists’ Warning to Humanity, issued by the Alliance of World Scientists. As a group of researchers deeply concerned about the consequences of illegal or unsustainable wildlife trade, we review and highlight how these
can negatively impact species, ecosystems, and society. We appeal for urgent action to close key knowledge gaps and regulate wildlife trade more stringently.</span><br>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">Link to article: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006320721003931 </span></p>
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