Characterizing trade at the largest wildlife market of Amazonian Peru
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چکیده
Wildlife exploitation has nutritional, medicinal, luxury, sociocultural, and financial significance for human societies. Yet, it also risks undesired outcomes conservation, animal welfare, public health. Although is prohibited in urban markets, the wildlife trade Peru poorly monitored, practiced openly. To identify those species most likely to be affected, we investigated live wild animals their derivatives at Belén Market, additional smaller open-air which together make Iquitos largest important hubs Peruvian Amazon. Specifically, asked what or products were profitable, they used for, perceived by vendors have increased rarity. Vendors provided 44 local names, from inferred an estimated 205 species. Nine per cent (n = 19) of these are categorised on IUCN Red List as threatened; 35% 71) declining. We found that meat/food was frequently stated purpose sale wildlife, followed pets, spiritual/belief-based use, traditional medicine, decorative use. The commonly cited profitable ‘lowland paca’, ‘yellow footed tortoise’, ‘collared peccary’. A significant positive correlation between becoming increasingly rare. Further research focused actual impacts socio-economic importance this trade, societal pressures driving consumer demand, health warranted.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Global Ecology and Conservation
سال: 2021
ISSN: ['2351-9894']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2021.e01631