Assessing Africa-Wide Pangolin Exploitation by Scaling Local Data

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cg.contributor.crpForests, Trees and Agroforestry
cg.coverage.regionMiddle Africa
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1111/conl.12389en
cg.issn1755-263Xen
cg.issue2en
cg.journalConservation Lettersen
cg.subject.ciforBUSHMEATen
cg.volume11en
dc.contributor.authorIngram, D.J.en
dc.contributor.authorCoad, L.M.en
dc.contributor.authorAbernethy, K.A.en
dc.contributor.authorMaisels, F.en
dc.contributor.authorStokes, E.J.en
dc.contributor.authorBobo, K.S.en
dc.contributor.authorBreuer, T.en
dc.contributor.authorGandiwa, Edsonen
dc.contributor.authorGhiurghi, A.en
dc.contributor.authorGreengrass, E.en
dc.contributor.authorHolmern, T.en
dc.contributor.authorKamgaing, T.O.W.en
dc.contributor.authorObiang, A.N.en
dc.contributor.authorPoulsen, J.R.en
dc.contributor.authorSchleicher, J.en
dc.contributor.authorNielsen, M.R.en
dc.contributor.authorSolly, H.en
dc.contributor.authorVath, C.L.en
dc.contributor.authorWaltert, Matthiasen
dc.contributor.authorWhitham, C.E.L.en
dc.contributor.authorWilkie, D.S.en
dc.contributor.authorScharlemann, J.P.W.en
dc.date.accessioned2018-07-03T10:56:34Zen
dc.date.available2018-07-03T10:56:34Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/93886
dc.titleAssessing Africa-Wide Pangolin Exploitation by Scaling Local Dataen
dcterms.abstractOverexploitation is one of the main pressures driving wildlife closer to extinction, yet broad‐scale data to evaluate species’ declines are limited. Using African pangolins (Family: Pholidota) as a case study, we demonstrate that collating local‐scale data can provide crucial information on regional trends in exploitation of threatened species to inform conservation actions and policy. We estimate that 0.4‐2.7 million pangolins are hunted annually in Central African forests. The number of pangolins hunted has increased by ∼150% and the proportion of pangolins of all vertebrates hunted increased from 0.04% to 1.83% over the past four decades. However, there were no trends in pangolins observed at markets, suggesting use of alternative supply chains. The price of giant (Smutsia gigantea) and arboreal (Phataginus sp.) pangolins in urban markets has increased 5.8 and 2.3 times respectively, mirroring trends in Asian pangolins. Efforts and resources are needed to increase law enforcement and population monitoring, and investigate linkages between subsistence hunting and illegal wildlife trade.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.available2017-07-11
dcterms.bibliographicCitationIngram, D.J., Coad, L., Abernethy, K., Maisels, F., Stokes, E.J., Bobo, K.S., Breuer, T., Gandiwa, E., Ghiurghi, A., Greengrass, E., Holmern, T., Kamgaing, T.O.W., Obiang, A.N., Poulsen, J.R., Schleicher, J., Nielsen, M.R., Solly, H., Vath, C.L., Waltert, M., Whitham, C.E.L., Wilkie, D.S., Scharlemann, J.P.W.. 2017. Assessing Africa-Wide Pangolin Exploitation by Scaling Local Data Conservation Letters, https://doi.org/10.1111/conl.12389en
dcterms.issued2018-03
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-4.0
dcterms.publisherWileyen
dcterms.subjecthuntingen
dcterms.subjectmarketsen
dcterms.subjecttradeen
dcterms.subjectanimal-based foodsen
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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