Global wildlife trade and trafficking contribute to the world’s nonhuman primate conservation crisis

• Published in: Frontiers in conservation science Vol. 5
• Main Authors: Garber, Paul A., Estrada, Alejandro, Shanee, Sam, Svensson, Magdalena S., Arregoitia, Luis Verde, Nijman, Vincent, Shanee, Noga, Gouveia, Sidney F., Nekaris, K.A.I., Chaudhary, Abhishek, Bicca-Marques, Júlio César, Hansen, Malene Fris
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A 19.06.2024
• Subjects: conservation; corruption; extinction; pet trade; zoonotic spillover

A growing global human population, habitat conversion, and the indiscriminate exploitation of natural resources have created unsustainable demands on nature, resulting in widespread biodiversity loss. Primates, which represent the third most specious Order of mammals, are facing an extinction crisis...