Emerging illegal wildlife trade issues: a global horizon scan

Nafeesa Esmail; Bonnie C. Wintle; Michael t Sas-Rolfes; Andrea Athanas; Colin M. Beale; Zara Bending; Ran Dai; Michael Fabinyi; Sarah Gluszek; Cathy Haenlein; Lauren A. Harrington; Amy Hinsley; Kennedy Kariuki; Jack Lam; Matthew Markus; Kumar Paudel; Sofiya Shukhova; William J. Sutherland; Diogo Verissimo; Yifu Wang; John Waugh; Jon H. Wetton; Catherine Workman; Joss Wright; Eleanor J. Milner-Gulland

doi:10.1111/conl.12715

Emerging illegal wildlife trade issues: a global horizon scan

Nafeesa Esmail^*, Bonnie C. Wintle, Michael t Sas-Rolfes, Andrea Athanas, Colin M. Beale, Zara Bending, Ran Dai, Michael Fabinyi, Sarah Gluszek, Cathy Haenlein, Lauren A. Harrington, Amy Hinsley, Kennedy Kariuki, Jack Lam, Matthew Markus, Kumar Paudel, Sofiya Shukhova, William J. Sutherland, Diogo Verissimo, Yifu WangJohn Waugh, Jon H. Wetton, Catherine Workman, Joss Wright, Eleanor J. Milner-Gulland

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Abstract

Illegal wildlife trade is gaining prominence as a threat to biodiversity, but addressing it remains challenging. To help inform proactive policy responses in the face of uncertainty, in 2018 we conducted a horizon scan of significant emerging issues. We built upon existing iterative horizon scanning methods, using an open and global participatory approach to evaluate and rank issues from a diverse range of sources. Prioritized issues related to three themes: developments in biological, information, and financial technologies; changing trends in demand and information; and socioeconomic, geopolitical shifts and influences. The issues covered areas ranging from changing demographic and economic factors to innovations in technology and communications that affect illegal wildlife trade markets globally; the top three issues related to China, illustrating its vital role in tackling emerging threats. This analysis can support national governments, international bodies, researchers, and nongovernmental organizations as they develop strategies for addressing the illegal wildlife trade.

Original language	English
Article number	e12715
Pages (from-to)	1-10
Number of pages	10
Journal	Conservation Letters
Volume	13
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/conl.12715
Publication status	Published - Jul 2020

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Keywords

Africa
conservation
East Asia
expanding trade networks
global policy trends
Latin America
misinformation
online platforms
strategic foresight
wildlife trafficking

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Esmail, N., Wintle, B. C., t Sas-Rolfes, M., Athanas, A., Beale, C. M., Bending, Z., Dai, R., Fabinyi, M., Gluszek, S., Haenlein, C., Harrington, L. A., Hinsley, A., Kariuki, K., Lam, J., Markus, M., Paudel, K., Shukhova, S., Sutherland, W. J., Verissimo, D., ... Milner-Gulland, E. J. (2020). Emerging illegal wildlife trade issues: a global horizon scan. Conservation Letters, 13(4), 1-10. [e12715]. https://doi.org/10.1111/conl.12715

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