Abstract Southeast Asia (SE Asia) is a known global hotspot of biodiversity and endemism,
yet the region is also one of the most biotically threatened. Ecosystems across the region are …

International trade in wildlife is a key threat to biodiversity conservation. CITES, the
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, seeks …

Today record levels of funding are being invested in enforcement and antipoaching
measures to tackle the “war on poaching,” but many species are on the path to extinction. In …

International trade in wildlife is a major threat to biodiversity conservation. CITES, the
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, is the …

Tropical East Asia is home to over one billion people and faces massive human impacts
from its rising population and rapid economic growth. It has already lost more than two-thirds …

Small mammalian carnivores (Carnivora< 16 kg) carry out important roles in ecosystems,
such as influencing ecosystem structure and providing numerous ecosystem services …

Vietnam is a significant consumer of wildlife, particularly wild meat, in urban restaurant
settings. To meet this demand, poaching of wildlife is widespread, threatening regional and …

Globally, ultramafic outcrops are renowned for hosting floras with high levels of endemism,
including plants with specialised adaptations such as nickel or manganese …

Overexploitation is one of the main threats to biodiversity, but the intensity of this threat
varies geographically. We identified global concentrations, on land and at sea, of 4543 …

The wildlife trade involves thousands of vertebrate species and now rivals habitat loss as an
extinction driver in some regions. However, its impacts are poorly known because field …