Illegal wildlife trade: Scale, processes, and governance

M 't Sas-Rolfes, DWS Challender… - Annual Review of …, 2019 - annualreviews.org
Illegal wildlife trade (IWT) has increased in profile in recent years as a global policy issue,
largely because of its association with declines in prominent internationally trafficked …

Illegal wildlife trade and the persistence of “plant blindness”

JD Margulies, LA Bullough, A Hinsley… - Plants, People …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Societal Impact Statement A wide variety of plant species are threatened by illegal wildlife
trade (IWT), and yet plants receive scant attention in IWT policy and research, a matter of …

Are ranger patrols effective in reducing poaching‐related threats within protected areas?

JF Moore, F Mulindahabi, MK Masozera… - Journal of Applied …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Poaching is one of the greatest threats to wildlife conservation world‐wide. However, the
spatial and temporal patterns of poaching activities within protected areas, and the …

Making messy data work for conservation

ADM Dobson, EJ Milner-Gulland, NJ Aebischer… - One Earth, 2020 - cell.com
Conservationists increasingly use unstructured observational data, such as citizen science
records or ranger patrol observations, to guide decision making. These datasets are often …

Improving law‐enforcement effectiveness and efficiency in protected areas using ranger‐collected monitoring data

R Critchlow, AJ Plumptre, B Alidria… - Conservation …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Protected areas are fundamental for conservation, yet are constantly threatened by illegal
activities, such as cattle encroachment and wildlife poaching, which reduce biodiversity. Law …

Spot poachers in action: Augmenting conservation drones with automatic detection in near real time

E Bondi, F Fang, M Hamilton, D Kar, D Dmello… - Proceedings of the …, 2018 - ojs.aaai.org
The unrelenting threat of poaching has led to increased development of new technologies to
combat it. One such example is the use of long wave thermal infrared cameras mounted on …

Understanding complex drivers of wildlife crime to design effective conservation interventions

H Travers, LJ Archer, G Mwedde, D Roe… - Conservation …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
In conservation understanding the drivers of behavior and developing robust interventions to
promote behavioral change is challenging and requires a multifaceted approach. This is …

Airsim-w: A simulation environment for wildlife conservation with uavs

E Bondi, D Dey, A Kapoor, J Piavis, S Shah… - Proceedings of the 1st …, 2018 - dl.acm.org
Increases in poaching levels have led to the use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs or
drones) to count animals, locate animals in parks, and even find poachers. Finding poachers …

A synthesis of (non‐) compliance theories with applications to small‐scale fisheries research and practice

R Oyanedel, S Gelcich, EJ Milner‐Gulland - Fish and Fisheries, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Non‐compliance in fisheries is a persistent challenge for the conservation and sustainable
management of the oceans and has particularly acute impacts in small‐scale fisheries …

Exploring multiple dimensions of conservation success: Long‐term wildlife trends, anti‐poaching efforts and revenue sharing in Kibale National Park, Uganda

D Sarkar, S Bortolamiol, JF Gogarten… - Animal …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Parks are essential for protecting biodiversity and finding ways to improve park effectiveness
is an important topic. We contributed to this debate by examining spatial and temporal …