Tackling unsustainable wildlife trade

Key Topics in Conservation Biology 2

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 74-91

  Dutton, Adam J ^a   Gratwicke, Brian ^b   Hepburn, Cameron ^c   Herrera, Emilio A ^d   Macdonald, David W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSIDAD SIMÓN BOLÍVAR   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

CITES; Conservation; Regulated trade; Sustainable practices; Trade bans; Wildlife laws; Wildlife management; Wildlife trade policies

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886525869     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118520178.ch5     Document Type: Chapter

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