Wildlife Trade and Crime

Dear Colleagues,

Wildlife trade is a global enterprise, with medicinal plants, animals, and products made from them sold around the globe, legally and illegally. It is also a leading cause of the planet’s accelerating biodiversity crisis and subsequent environmental collapse. A number of national and international governments and (International) Non-Governmental Organisations ((I)NGOs) have prioritised addressing international wildlife trafficking. Some organisations are on the ground involved in exporting and importing to countries, stopping poachers and buyers in their tracks, whereas others are developing sophisticated technologies to regulate the specific origins of suspect wildlife products and identifying poaching hot spots. Many are focused on educating the global population about the need to halt the consumption of endangered wildlife.

This Special Issue will focus on empirical research on the nature of the illegal wildlife trade as well as new solutions to track, prove, and prevent wildlife crime. Overall, this work will help to understand how the illegal trade operates and will provide actionable solutions to mitigate threats to protected wildlife.

Dr. Harry Wels
Guest Editor

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• wildlife trade and crime
• trafficking, syndicates
• social movements and wildlife conservation