Overexploitation is one of the main pressures driving wildlife closer to extinction, yet broad‐scale data to evaluate species’ declines are limited. Using African pangolins (Family: Pholidota) as a case study, we demonstrate that collating local‐scale data can provide crucial information on regional trends in exploitation of threatened species to inform conservation actions and policy. We estimate that 0.4‐2.7 million pangolins are hunted annually in Central African forests. The number of pangolins hunted has increased by ∼150% and the proportion of pangolins of all vertebrates hunted increased from 0.04% to 1.83% over the past four decades. However, there were no trends in pangolins observed at markets, suggesting use of alternative supply chains. The price of giant (Smutsia gigantea) and arboreal (Phataginus sp.) pangolins in urban markets has increased 5.8 and 2.3 times respectively, mirroring trends in Asian pangolins. Efforts and resources are needed to increase law enforcement and population monitoring, and investigate linkages between subsistence hunting and illegal wildlife trade.

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通过扩展本地数据评估非洲范围内的穿山甲开发

过度开发是促使野生动植物濒临灭绝的主要压力之一，但用于评估物种减少的大规模数据有限。以非洲穿山甲（家庭：Pholidota）为例，我们证明，整理当地规模的数据可以提供关于受威胁物种开发的区域趋势的重要信息，从而为保护行动和政策提供依据。我们估计，每年在中非森林中猎杀的穿山甲有0.4-270万。在过去的四十年中，被猎杀的穿山甲的数量增加了约150％，所有被捕猎的脊椎动物的穿山甲的比例从0.04％增加到1.83％。但是，在市场上没有观察到穿山甲的趋势，这表明使用了替代供应链。巨人（Smutsia gigantea）和树栖（Arboreal）的价格。穿山甲属）在城市市场穿山甲分别增长5.8倍和2.3倍，反映在亚洲穿山甲的趋势。需要作出努力和增加资源，以加强执法和人口监测，并调查谋生狩猎和非法野生动植物贸易之间的联系。