Federal University Dutse Researchers Have Published New Data on Information Technology (Dissecting the illegal pangolin trade in China: An insight from seizures data reports): Information Technology

2022 FEB 02 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Health Policy and Law Daily -- Investigators publish new report on information technology. According to news originating from Federal University Dutse by NewsRx correspondents, research stated, “Wildlife trafficking poses a major threat to global biodiversity. Species such as pangolins are particularly vulnerable and trade continues almost unabated despite numerous interventions aimed at eradicating illegal wildlife trade.”

Our news journalists obtained a quote from the research from Federal University Dutse: “Despite restrictions on the pangolin trade, thousands of pangolins continue to be intercepted annually. We focused on China because of the recent delisting of pangolins from the Chinese pharmacopeia, and their removal from healthcare insurance, despite deeply ingrained traditions of having pangolins for ethno-medicinal use. We collated pangolin interception data from public online media seizure reports to characterize the pangolin trade within China, and found that a total of 326 independent seizures equivalent to 143,130 pangolins (31,676 individuals and 222,908 kg of scale) were reported in 26 provinces. Pangolin domestic seizures are greatest in the southern cities of Dehong, Fangchenggang, and Guangzhou. Also, we found 17 countries within the global pangolins range which were the major source of the pangolin shipments to China. The number of arrests and convictions was much lower than the number of pangolin incidents reported. Our results show a significant increase in the volume of scales and number of live pangolin seizures after amended endangered species law came into effect in 2018, and recorded the highest number of individual pangolin interceptions. China has shown increasing wildlife seizures over time, owing partly to emergent trends in the international wildlife trade as well as increasing global demand for ethnomedicine.”

According to the news reporters, the research concluded: “The future eradication of illegal wildlife trade in China is dependent not only on stringent border control and offender prosecution but also the; removal of other threatened species from the pharmacopeia and healthcare insurance which includes wildlife derivatives. Furthermore, our work highlights importance of current policy intervention to combat the pangolin trade within China, and the need for further interventions both within China and in export countries.”

For more information on this research see: Dissecting the illegal pangolin trade in China: An insight from seizures data reports. Nature Conservation, 2022,46():17-38. (Nature Conservation - http://natureconservation.pensoft.net/). The publisher for Nature Conservation is Pensoft Publishers.

A free version of this journal article is available at https://doi.org/10.3897/natureconservation.45.57962.

Our news editors report that additional information may be obtained by contacting James Kehinde Omifolaji, Federal University Dutse.

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