Devenues virales grâce à leurs fleurs qui semblent sourire ou grimacer, les orchidées Dracula sont aujourd’hui menacées dans leur habitat naturel en Colombie et en Équateur.
- Senior Research Fellow, Oxford Martin Programme on the Wildlife Trade, University of Oxford
How the threatened monkey-face orchids could become icons for plant conservation.
Researchers have identified a series of risks linked to the ornamental plant trade.
Analysis of thousands of patent applications sheds new light on hidden wild harvests.
Social media platforms have enabled wildlife traders to connect as never before. Some operate legally, within the boundaries of international laws. Others are less scrupulous.
By understanding what drives people to buy wild species, we can figure out how best to stop them.
If wildlife trade is forced underground it could become an even bigger threat to public health, fuel black market prices, and accelerate exploitation and extinction of species in the wild.
New report reveals big cats are kept in awful conditions. But the link to poaching in the wild is not clear cut.
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