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The disappearing act: the illicit trade in wildlife in Asia [1]

Southeast Asia, with its linkages into the larger Asian market that includes China, Indonesia, and India, is one of the world’s biodiversity hotspots as well as one of the world’s hotspots for the illegal trade in wildlife and wildlife parts. Although demand markets for wildlife, including illegally-traded wildlife are present throughout the world, China ranks as the world’s largest market for illegal trade in wildlife, and wildlife products, followed by the United States.

Publication Date: 
01/06/2011
Vanda Felbab-Brown [2]
The Brookings Institution [3]
Tags:
Wildlife [4], Wildlife Trade [5], Asia [6], India [7], Biodiversity Conservation [8], Ecosystems [9], Biodiversity [10]
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National Knowledge Commission Government of India

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[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/vanda-felbab-brown
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/publisher/brookings-institution
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[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/wildlife-trade
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/asia
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/india
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/biodiversity-conservation
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/ecosystems
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/biodiversity