Assessing Africa-Wide Pangolin Exploitation by Scaling Local Data

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cg.contributor.crpForests, Trees and Agroforestryen_US
cg.coverage.regionMiddle Africaen_US
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1111/conl.12389en_US
cg.issn1755-263Xen_US
cg.issue2en_US
cg.journalConservation Lettersen_US
cg.subject.ciforBUSHMEATen_US
cg.volume11en_US
dc.contributor.authorIngram, D.J.en_US
dc.contributor.authorCoad, L.M.en_US
dc.contributor.authorAbernethy, K.A.en_US
dc.contributor.authorMaisels, F.en_US
dc.contributor.authorStokes, E.J.en_US
dc.contributor.authorBobo, K.S.en_US
dc.contributor.authorBreuer, T.en_US
dc.contributor.authorGandiwa, Edsonen_US
dc.contributor.authorGhiurghi, A.en_US
dc.contributor.authorGreengrass, E.en_US
dc.contributor.authorHolmern, T.en_US
dc.contributor.authorKamgaing, T.O.W.en_US
dc.contributor.authorObiang, A.N.en_US
dc.contributor.authorPoulsen, J.R.en_US
dc.contributor.authorSchleicher, J.en_US
dc.contributor.authorNielsen, M.R.en_US
dc.contributor.authorSolly, H.en_US
dc.contributor.authorVath, C.L.en_US
dc.contributor.authorWaltert, Matthiasen_US
dc.contributor.authorWhitham, C.E.L.en_US
dc.contributor.authorWilkie, D.S.en_US
dc.contributor.authorScharlemann, J.P.W.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2018-07-03T10:56:34Zen_US
dc.date.available2018-07-03T10:56:34Zen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/93886en_US
dc.titleAssessing Africa-Wide Pangolin Exploitation by Scaling Local Dataen_US
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_US
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Accessen_US
dcterms.available2017-07-11en_US
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, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/conl.12389en_US
dcterms.issued2018-03en_US
dcterms.languageenen_US
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-4.0en_US
dcterms.publisherWileyen_US
dcterms.subjecthuntingen_US
dcterms.subjectmarketsen_US
dcterms.subjecttradeen_US
dcterms.subjectanimal-based foodsen_US
dcterms.typeJournal Articleen_US

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