Early warning of trends in commercial wildlife trade through novel machine-learning analysis of patent filing

Abstract Unsustainable wildlife trade imperils thousands of species, but efforts to identify and reduce these threats are hampered by rapidly evolving commercial markets. Businesses trading wildlife-derived products innovate to remain competitive, and the patents they file to protect their innovatio...

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Main Authors: A. Hinsley, D. W. S. Challender, S. Masters, D. W. Macdonald, E. J. Milner-Gulland, J. Fraser, J. Wright
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2024-08-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-49688-x