"Invisible" wildlife trades: Southeast Asia's undocumented illegal trade in wild ornamental plants

Biological Conservation

Volumn 186, Issue , 2015, Pages 296-305

  Phelps, J ^a,b   Webb, Edward L ^b  

^a CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY RESEARCH   (Indonesia)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Botanical conservation; CITES; Market; NTFP; Orchid; Thailand

Indexed keywords

ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; HUNTING; NATURE CONSERVATION; ORNAMENTAL SPECIES; TRADE; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

LAOS; MYANMAR; THAILAND;

AMPHIBIA; MAMMALIA; ORCHIDACEAE; REPTILIA;

EID: 84927596379     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2015.03.030     Document Type: Article

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