Sentences with phrase «wildlife trade threatens»

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Biological diversity is persistently threatened by an increasing illegal trade in wildlife estimated in the region of US$ 2 billion to 3 billion annually.

The illicit trade in wildlife and wildlife parts is now a multi-billion industry decimating iconic animal populations, undermining security across nations, and threatening ecosystems, food security, human health, and livelihoods among the world's poorest communities.

A booming trade in herbal remedies is threatening the survival of many medicinal plants found only in the wild, according to a study by TRAFFIC International, the organisation that monitors trade in wildlife.

A strange monitor lizard from Borneo has become popular in the wildlife trade, which could threaten its existence, a conservation organization is warning in a new report.

Lin will study threatened marine wildlife in South China to address illegal trade of these species, and use research and monitoring to reduce poaching and expand conservation.

As noted on the Fish & Wildlife Service site, thousands of wildlife species are threatened by illegal and unsustainable wildlife trade — it's often unsustainable, harms populations of animals and plants and pushes endangered species toward extinction.

The outcome of this project will be the creation of an educational tool that will raise awareness of the plight of African elephants and other species threatened by poaching and illegal trade and help motivate people to take action to help save endangered wildlife around the world.