Searching for snakes: ball python hunting in southern Togo, West Africa by D'Cruze, N, Harrington, L, Assou, D, Ronfot, D, Macdonald, DW, Segniagbeto, GH, Auliya, M

“…Our approach, focused at the bottom of the trade chain, permitted extensive detailed data to be collected from hunters, and provides a unique insight into the practices, drivers and impacts associated with this type of large-scale commercial wildlife trade activity. We show that ball python hunting remains an economically valuable endeavour for these rural hunters. …”

Using theory and evidence to design behaviour change interventions for reducing unsustainable wildlife consumption by Doughty, H, Oliver, K, Veríssimo, D, Lee, JSH, Milner-Gulland, EJ

“…Efforts to shift unsustainable human behaviour are at the crux of many conservation interventions, particularly when addressing illegal or unsustainable wildlife trade. These efforts, often in the form of behaviour change interventions, have proven largely unable to counteract this pervasive issue, however, leading to calls for more robust intervention designs. 2. …”

Live wild animal exports to supply the exotic pet trade: A case study from Togo using publicly available social media data by Harrington, L, Auliya, M, Eckman, H, Harrington, AP, Macdonald, DW, D'Cruze, N

“…Exotic pet supply is a key, predominantly legal, component of global wildlife trade, but few studies have quantified its diversity or global reach. …”

Live wild bird exports from West Africa: insights into recent trade from monitoring social media by Davies, A, Nuno, A, Hinsley, A, Martin, R

“…The expansion of wildlife trade on social media presents many challenges but also opportunities to gain insights into areas of trade where there is little recent data. …”

Quantifying the trade in wild-collected ornamental orchids in South China: Diversity, volume and value gradients underscore the primacy of supply by Gale, S, Kumar, P, Hinsley, A, Cheuk, M, Gao, J, Liu, H, Liu, Z, Williams, S

“…Despite the grave threat illegal wildlife trade poses to species survival, few studies have attempted to link supply and demand data for the same wildlife product. …”

Dealing in deadly pathogens: taking stock of the legal trade in live wildlife and potential risks to human health by Can, ÖE, D'Cruze, N, Macdonald, DW

“…As wildlife are the source of at least 70% of all emerging diseases and given the on-going concerns associated with wildlife trade as a disease transmission mechanism, we provide a ‘global snapshot’ of the legal trade in live wild animals and take stock of the potential health risks that it poses to global human health. …”

Examining the shifting patterns of poaching from a long-term law enforcement intervention in Sumatra by Risdianto, D, Martyr, DJ, Nugraha, RT, Harihar, A, Wibisono, HT, Haidir, IA, Macdonald, DW, D'Cruze, N, Linkie, M

“…Current levels of illegal wildlife trade for many in-demand species are unsustainable and place them at a heightened risk of extinction. …”

A systematic survey of online trade: trade in Saiga Antelope horn on Russian-speaking websites by Roberts, D, Mun, K, Milner-Gulland, EJ

“…A systematic approach to understanding the online wildlife trade provides a clear and transparent methodology. …”

Rise to fame: events, media activity and public interest in pangolins and pangolin trade, 2005–2016 by Harrington, L, D'Cruze, N, Macdonald, D

“…Previously obscure and often referred to as the ‘mammal you’ve never heard of’, pangolins are now widely recognised as an icon of the illegal wildlife trade. We document the events that led to the pangolins’ ‘rise to fame’, culminating in its Appendix I listing by CITES in September 2016 and a global commercial trade ban and explore temporal co-occurrence between events and peaks in media activity and public interest with the aim of identifying events (or types of events) that may have been influential in terms of awareness-raising. …”

Information about zoonotic disease risks reduces desire to own exotic pets among global consumers by Moorhouse, T, D'Cruze, N, Macdonald, D

“…Demand for exotic pets is a substantial driver of the illegal wildlife trade. Previous work has suggested that this demand could be reduced by conservation marketing messaging highlighting the potential consequences to individual purchasers, in the form of zoonotic disease risks, or legal ramifications. …”

Prevalence and perspectives of illegal trade in cacti and succulent plants in the collector community by Margulies, JD, Moorman, FR, Goettsch, B, Axmacher, JC, Hinsley, A

“…<p>Although illegal wildlife trade (IWT) represents a serious threat to biodiversity, research into the prevalence of illegal plant collection and trade remains scarce. …”

Investigating the risks of removing wild meat from global food systems by Booth, H, Clark, M, Milner-Gulland, E, Amponsah-Mensah, K, Antunes, AP, Brittain, S, Castilho, L, Campos-Silva, JV, Constantino, PAL, Li, Y, Mandoloma, L, Nneji, LM, Iponga, DM, Moyo, B, McNamara, J, Rakotonarivo, S, Shi, J, Tagne, CTK, van Velden, J, Williams, DR

“…We urge decision-makers to consider potential unintended consequences of policy-induced shocks amidst COVID-19; and take holistic approach to wildlife trade interventions, which acknowledge the interconnectivity of global food systems and nature, and include safeguards for vulnerable people.…”

Regulatory protection of Asian elephants in Peninsular Malaysia and Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) by Lee, Ee Ling, Ariffin, Mariani, Abd Manaf, Latifah

“…In Malaysia, International Trade in Endangered Species Act 2008 (Act 686), hereinafter as “INTESA” is being enforced to regulate wildlife trade as required by CITES. Nevertheless, occurrences of illegal ivory trade and transit across Malaysia still happen even after the implementation of INTESA. …”
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Assessing the impact of regulations on the use and trade of wildlife: An operational framework, with a case study on manta rays by Booth, H, Pooley, S, Clements, T, Putra, MIH, Lestari, WP, Lewis, S, Warwick, L, Milner-Gulland, EJ

“…Overall, we highlight challenges and opportunities for assessing the impact of wildlife trade regulations, which are generalisable across species and contexts, and provide the first attempt to assess the impact of such regulatory change on manta ray mortality in a source country. …”

Evaluating a large-scale online behaviour change intervention aimed at wildlife product consumers in Singapore by Doughty, H, Milner-Gulland, EJ, Lee, JSH, Oliver, K, Carrasco, LR, Veríssimo, D

“…This work suggests our intervention approach has potential, and exemplifies a multi-pronged in-person evaluation of an online wildlife trade consumer intervention. …”

Questionnaire survey of the pan-African trade in lion body parts by Williams, V, Loveridge, A, Newton, D, Macdonald, D

“…Reasons for their selection include: prevalence of trophy hunting, 'hot spots' for poaching, active domestic trade in lion body parts, trade in curios for the tourist market, and histories of legal-illegal wildlife trade. This survey, and increased incident reports since mid-2015 of lion poisoning and poaching in Mozambique, Zimbabwe and South Africa, and sporadic poaching events in Uganda and Tanzania, are signalling an escalating trend in the trade of lion products that is an increasing threat to some national populations. …”

Saiga horn user characteristics, motivations, and purchasing behaviour in Singapore by Doughty, H, Veríssimo, D, Tan, R, Lee, J, Carrasco, L, Oliver, K, Milner-Gulland, E

“…Unsustainable wildlife trade is a pervasive issue affecting wildlife globally. …”

Illegal jaguar trade in Latin America: an evidence-based approach to support conservation actions by Arias Goetschel, MM

“…To address this issue, the DPhil provides guidelines towards a more objective decision-making on the illegal wildlife trade, and reinforces the need for evidence-based, multifaceted, counter-trafficking approaches that consider the complex interacting domestic and international, cultural and commercial drivers behind the illegal trade in jaguars.…”

Post COVID-19: a solution scan of options for preventing future zoonotic epidemics by Petrovan, SO, Aldridge, D, Bartlett, H, Bladon, A, Booth, H, Broad, S, Broom, DM, Burgess, ND, Cleaveland, S, Cunningham, AA, Ferri, M, Hinsley, AE, Hua, F, Hughes, AC, Jones, K, Kelly, M, Mayes, G, Radakovic, M, Ugwu, CA, Uddin, N, Gaspar Verissimo, D, Walzer, C, White, TB, Wood, J, Sutherland, WJ

“…There is a widespread demand for a new relationship with wild and domestic animals, including suggested bans on hunting, wildlife trade, wet markets or consumption of wild animals. …”

Lab-on-a-chip-based PCR-RFLP assay for the detection of Malayan box turtle (Cuora amboinensis) in the food chain and traditional Chinese medicines by Asing, -, Ali, Md. Eaqub, Hamid, Sharifah Bee Abd, Hossain, M.A.M., Mustafa, S., Abdul Kader, Md., Zaidul, I.S.M.

“…The Malayan box turtle (Cuora amboinensis) (MBT) is a vulnerable and protected turtle species, but it is a lucrative item in the illegal wildlife trade because of its great appeal as an exotic food item and in traditional medicine. …”