Track illegal trade in wildlife


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Access through your institution Buy or subscribe Illegal wildlife trade is the second-largest black market worldwide, after narcotics. More effective strategies must be devised to intercept


the first links of the wildlife-trade chain and beyond. A lack of resources in tropical countries often undermines existing legal frameworks for preventing wildlife trading. Local


governments pay scant attention to the trade because it is not perceived as a major threat to biodiversity or to human well-being. A large volume of wildlife trade is international —


increasing the risk of biological invasions and of spreading zoonotic diseases. This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution ACCESS OPTIONS Access through your


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FAQs * Contact customer support AUTHOR INFORMATION AUTHORS AND AFFILIATIONS * State University of Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil Luís Felipe Toledo * Venezuelan Institute for Scientific


Research (IVIC), Venezuela Marianne V. Asmüssen & Jon Paul Rodríguez * and EcoHealth Alliance, New York, USA Marianne V. Asmüssen & Jon Paul Rodríguez Authors * Luís Felipe Toledo


View author publications You can also search for this author inPubMed Google Scholar * Marianne V. Asmüssen View author publications You can also search for this author inPubMed Google


Scholar * Jon Paul Rodríguez View author publications You can also search for this author inPubMed Google Scholar CORRESPONDING AUTHOR Correspondence to Luís Felipe Toledo. RIGHTS AND


PERMISSIONS Reprints and permissions ABOUT THIS ARTICLE CITE THIS ARTICLE Toledo, L., Asmüssen, M. & Rodríguez, J. track illegal trade in wildlife. _Nature_ 483, 36 (2012).


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