Assessing Africa-wide Pangolin exploitation by scaling local data
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Assessing Africa-wide Pangolin exploitation by scaling local data. / Ingram, Daniel J.; Coad, Lauren; Abernethy, Katharine A.; Maisels, Fiona; Stokes, Emma J.; Bobo, Kadiri S.; Breuer, Thomas; Gandiwa, Edson; Ghiurghi, Andrea; Greengrass, Elizabeth; Holmern, Tomas; Kamgaing, Towa O. W.; Obiang, Anne-Marie Ndong; Poulsen, John R.; Schleicher, Judith; Nielsen, Martin Reinhardt; Solly, Hilary; Vath, Carrie L.; Waltert, Matthias; Whitham, Charlotte E. L.; Wilkie, David S.; Scharlemann, Jörn P. W.
In: Conservation Letters, Vol. 11, No. 2, e12389, 2018, p. 1-9.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Assessing Africa-wide Pangolin exploitation by scaling local data
AU - Ingram, Daniel J.
AU - Coad, Lauren
AU - Abernethy, Katharine A.
AU - Maisels, Fiona
AU - Stokes, Emma J.
AU - Bobo, Kadiri S.
AU - Breuer, Thomas
AU - Gandiwa, Edson
AU - Ghiurghi, Andrea
AU - Greengrass, Elizabeth
AU - Holmern, Tomas
AU - Kamgaing, Towa O. W.
AU - Obiang, Anne-Marie Ndong
AU - Poulsen, John R.
AU - Schleicher, Judith
AU - Nielsen, Martin Reinhardt
AU - Solly, Hilary
AU - Vath, Carrie L.
AU - Waltert, Matthias
AU - Whitham, Charlotte E. L.
AU - Wilkie, David S.
AU - Scharlemann, Jörn P. W.
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - Overexploitation 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. We found evidence that the price of giant (Smutsia gigantea) and arboreal (Phataginus sp.) pangolins in urban markets has increased, 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.
AB - Overexploitation 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. We found evidence that the price of giant (Smutsia gigantea) and arboreal (Phataginus sp.) pangolins in urban markets has increased, 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.
KW - Africa
KW - OFFTAKE
KW - hunting
KW - market
KW - pangolins
KW - trade
KW - wild meat
U2 - 10.1111/conl.12389
DO - 10.1111/conl.12389
M3 - Journal article
VL - 11
SP - 1
EP - 9
JO - Conservation Letters
JF - Conservation Letters
SN - 1755-263X
IS - 2
M1 - e12389
ER -
ID: 180760988