Conservation organizations have increasingly raised concerns about escalating rates of
illegal hunting and trade in wildlife. Previous studies have concluded that people hunt …

Biodiversity is declining worldwide. Because species interact with one another and with their
environment, losses of particular organisms alter the function of ecosystems. Our …

Paradigms of sustainable exploitation focus on population dynamics of prey and yields to
humanity but ignore the behavior of humans as predators. We compared patterns of …

Abstract The term 'Blue Economy'is increasingly used in various marine sectors and
development frameworks. For it to be a truly useful approach, however, we argue that social …

Some thousands of years ago, the world was home to an immense variety of large
mammals. From wooly mammoths and saber-toothed tigers to giant ground sloths and …

Primates in peril: the significance of Brazil, Madagascar, Indonesia and the Democratic
Republic of the Congo for global primate conservation [PeerJ] Related research Download …

Illegal wildlife trade (IWT) is a global conservation issue that threatens thousands of species,
including fish, fungi, medicinal plants, and charismatic mammals. Despite widespread …

Mitigation of large carnivore depredation is essential to increasing stakeholder support for
human–carnivore coexistence. Lethal and non‐lethal techniques are implemented by …

The patterns by which different nations share global fisheries influence outcomes for food
security, trajectories of economic development, and competition between industrial and …

Illegal, unregulated, and unreported (IUU) fishing is a major contributor to global overfishing,
threatening food security, maritime livelihoods, and fisheries sustainability. An emerging …