Dissecting the Illegal Ivory Trade: An Analysis of Ivory Seizures Data
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Dissecting the Illegal Ivory Trade: An Analysis of Ivory Seizures Data
Reliable evidence of trends in the illegal ivory trade is important for informing decision making for elephants but it is difficult to obtain due to the covert nature of the trade. The Elephant Trade Information System, a global database of reported seizures of illegal ivory, holds the only extensive information on illicit trade available. However inherent biases in seizure data make it difficu...
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عنوان ژورنال: PLoS ONE
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1932-6203
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0076539