Genomic analyses reveal poaching hotspots and illegal trade in pangolins from Africa to Asia

Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F60460709%3A41340%2F23%3A97947" target="_blank" >RIV/60460709:41340/23:97947 - isvavai.cz</a>
Alternative codes found
RIV/60460709:41330/23:97947
Result on the web
<a href="https://doi.org/10.1126/science.adi5066" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1126/science.adi5066</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.adi5066" target="_blank" >10.1126/science.adi5066</a>

Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Genomic analyses reveal poaching hotspots and illegal trade in pangolins from Africa to Asia
Original language description
The white-bellied pangolin (Phataginus tricuspis) is the world’s most trafficked mammal and is at risk of extinction. Reducing the illegal wildlife trade requires an understanding of its origins. Using a genomic approach for tracing confiscations and analyzing 111 samples collected from known geographic localities in Africa and 643 seized scales from Asia between 2012 and 2018, we found that poaching pressures shifted over time from West to Central Africa. Recently, Cameroon’s southern border has emerged as a site of intense poaching. Using data from seizures representing nearly 1 million African pangolins, we identified Nigeria as one important hub for trafficking, where scales are amassed and transshipped to markets in Asia. This origin-to-destination approach offers new opportunities to disrupt the illegal wildlife trade and to guide anti-trafficking measures.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10619 - Biodiversity conservation

Project
<a href="/en/project/VK01010103" target="_blank" >VK01010103: Methodology of identification and other forensic analyses of biological materials and pathogens from wild and exotic animals.</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year
2023
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

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