The songbird trade in Indonesia is a major driver of avian species loss. Songbird traders represent the link between trappers and consumers for this lucrative industry, though details on the dynamics of this relationship remain understudied. To understand why songbird shop owners entered the trade, if businesses were lucrative, and assess owner receptiveness to adopting alternative businesses, we investigated socioeconomic characteristics of 95 songbird shop owners via an interview-style survey across 13 regencies in West Kalimantan. Responses from shop owners showed a widespread lack of legal permitting for businesses and the sale of bird species. Indeed, the majority of respondents (63%) did not have the mandatory business permits, which suggests that nonwildlife regulatory laws could be leveraged to reduce the volume of the illegal songbird trade in West Kalimantan. Nearly half of all respondents (40%) noted that bird trading was not their sole income source, nor was it particularly lucrative. More than half (55%) of all bird traders interviewed expressed interest in switching to alternative businesses if given the resources and opportunity to do so. This study offers novel insights into motives of engaging in songbird trade in West Kalimantan. This study also supports the possibility of addressing the songbird trade via a combination of law enforcement and alternative business programs.

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印度尼西亚西加里曼丹州鸣鸟店主的社会经济特征

印度尼西亚的鸣禽贸易是鸟类物种丧失的主要驱动因素。在这个利润丰厚的行业中，鸣禽交易员代表了捕手和消费者之间的联系，尽管有关这种关系动态的细节仍未得到充分研究。为了解鸣禽店主为何进入该行业、企业是否有利可图，并评估业主对采用替代业务的接受度，我们通过对西加里曼丹 13 个地区的访谈式调查调查了 95 名鸣禽店主的社会经济特征。店主的回应表明，企业和鸟类销售普遍缺乏法律许可。事实上，大多数受访者 (63%) 没有强制性营业许可证，这表明可以利用非野生动物监管法来减少西加里曼丹的非法鸣禽贸易量。近一半的受访者 (40%) 指出，鸟类交易不是他们唯一的收入来源，也不是特别有利可图。如果有资源和机会，超过一半 (55%) 的受访鸟类贸易商表示有兴趣转向替代业务。这项研究提供了关于在西加里曼丹从事鸣禽贸易的动机的新见解。这项研究还支持通过执法和替代商业计划相结合来解决鸣禽贸易的可能性。如果有资源和机会，超过一半 (55%) 的受访鸟类贸易商表示有兴趣转向替代业务。这项研究提供了关于在西加里曼丹从事鸣禽贸易的动机的新见解。这项研究还支持通过执法和替代商业计划相结合来解决鸣禽贸易的可能性。如果有资源和机会，超过一半 (55%) 的受访鸟类贸易商表示有兴趣转向替代业务。这项研究提供了关于在西加里曼丹从事鸣禽贸易的动机的新见解。这项研究还支持通过执法和替代商业计划相结合来解决鸣禽贸易的可能性。