Poisoning poached megafauna can boost trade in African vultures

Illegal wildlife trade threatens iconic species, such as elephants, rhinos or giraffes, on which poaching pressure has increased in recent times. By poisoning the carcasses of poached megafauna to prevent the early detection of poachers, this illegal activity is contributing to push African vultures...

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Autores: Mateo-Tomás, Patricia, López-Bao, José V.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/411682
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Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Belief-based trade
Elephants
Giraffes
Illegal wildlife trade
Rhinos
Traditional medicine
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spelling Poisoning poached megafauna can boost trade in African vulturesMateo-Tomás, PatriciaLópez-Bao, José V.Belief-based tradeElephantsGiraffesIllegal wildlife tradeRhinosTraditional medicineIllegal wildlife trade threatens iconic species, such as elephants, rhinos or giraffes, on which poaching pressure has increased in recent times. By poisoning the carcasses of poached megafauna to prevent the early detection of poachers, this illegal activity is contributing to push African vultures to the brink of extinction. But poisoning vultures at poached carcasses of megafauna can also boost belief-based trade of vulture body parts by facilitating access to otherwise difficult-to-reach species. Since increased vulture availability through megafauna poaching could stimulate not only domestic, but also international trade, we call for transboundary coordination to effectively track the real dimension of this pervasive synergy. Existing monitoring schemes of megafauna poaching (e.g. CITES Monitoring of the Illegal Killing of Elephants, MIKE) and wildlife poisoning (e.g. African Wildlife Poison Database) can be a promising starting point. For example, by counting the number of vultures with missing parts at each megafauna carcass, while guiding the implementation of similar monitoring for other species threatened by poaching. Besides straightforward impacts on target species, illegal wildlife trade affects non-target species, with collateral damages being increasingly highlighted. Pervasive synergies such as the one we describe here deserves further international attention to prevent that poaching will spread for other purposes..V.L.B. was supported by a Ramón & Cajal research contract (RYC-2015-18932) from the Spanish Ministry of Economy, Industry and Competitiveness.Peer reviewedElsevierMinisterio de Economía, Industria y Competitividad (España)Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [https://ror.org/02gfc7t72]202520252020info:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501Postprintinfo:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersionhttp://hdl.handle.net/10261/411682reponame:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSICinstname:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)Ingléshttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2019.108389Síinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:digital.csic.es:10261/4116822026-05-22T06:33:51Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Poisoning poached megafauna can boost trade in African vultures
title Poisoning poached megafauna can boost trade in African vultures
spellingShingle Poisoning poached megafauna can boost trade in African vultures
Mateo-Tomás, Patricia
Belief-based trade
Elephants
Giraffes
Illegal wildlife trade
Rhinos
Traditional medicine
title_short Poisoning poached megafauna can boost trade in African vultures
title_full Poisoning poached megafauna can boost trade in African vultures
title_fullStr Poisoning poached megafauna can boost trade in African vultures
title_full_unstemmed Poisoning poached megafauna can boost trade in African vultures
title_sort Poisoning poached megafauna can boost trade in African vultures
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Mateo-Tomás, Patricia
López-Bao, José V.
author Mateo-Tomás, Patricia
author_facet Mateo-Tomás, Patricia
López-Bao, José V.
author_role author
author2 López-Bao, José V.
author2_role author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Ministerio de Economía, Industria y Competitividad (España)
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [https://ror.org/02gfc7t72]
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Belief-based trade
Elephants
Giraffes
Illegal wildlife trade
Rhinos
Traditional medicine
topic Belief-based trade
Elephants
Giraffes
Illegal wildlife trade
Rhinos
Traditional medicine
description Illegal wildlife trade threatens iconic species, such as elephants, rhinos or giraffes, on which poaching pressure has increased in recent times. By poisoning the carcasses of poached megafauna to prevent the early detection of poachers, this illegal activity is contributing to push African vultures to the brink of extinction. But poisoning vultures at poached carcasses of megafauna can also boost belief-based trade of vulture body parts by facilitating access to otherwise difficult-to-reach species. Since increased vulture availability through megafauna poaching could stimulate not only domestic, but also international trade, we call for transboundary coordination to effectively track the real dimension of this pervasive synergy. Existing monitoring schemes of megafauna poaching (e.g. CITES Monitoring of the Illegal Killing of Elephants, MIKE) and wildlife poisoning (e.g. African Wildlife Poison Database) can be a promising starting point. For example, by counting the number of vultures with missing parts at each megafauna carcass, while guiding the implementation of similar monitoring for other species threatened by poaching. Besides straightforward impacts on target species, illegal wildlife trade affects non-target species, with collateral damages being increasingly highlighted. Pervasive synergies such as the one we describe here deserves further international attention to prevent that poaching will spread for other purposes.
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