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Exploring the Africa-Asia Trade Nexus for Endangered Wildlife Used in Traditional Asian Medicine: Interviews With Traders in South Africa and Vietnam
Tropical Conservation Science ( IF 1.7 ) Pub Date : 2020-01-01 , DOI: 10.1177/1940082920979252
T. Nguyen 1, 2 , D. L. Roberts 1
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Many species in Southeast Asia have been over-hunted to supply the demand for Traditional Asian Medicine (TAM) ingredients. As access to their parts become more difficult, consumer’s demand is shifting to novel substitutes. Accurate estimation of the level of illegal wildlife trade is therefore important to ensure long term sustainability. The primary aim of this study is to provide an understanding of the current illegal wildlife trade market for TAM purposes in South Africa. The secondary aim is to explore the possibility of applying different survey methods in detecting the trade in endangered wildlife parts. As the number of criminal’s wildlife of Vietnamese origin has increased in South Africa in recent decades, we surveyed 183 traditional medicine shops in both South Africa and Vietnam between April – August 2017, using direct observation and sensitive questioning techniques to estimate the magnitude of the wildlife trade for TAM purposes. Our results show that the Randomise Response Technique resulted in highest prevalence estimates for the trade in wild animal parts, while False Consensus Bias does not appear to be effective in this study. It is clear that wild animal parts are not only being trafficked from Africa to Asia for TAM use, but Asian originated products such as bear parts might also be smuggled into South Africa for domestic consumption. We recommend that improving wildlife law enforcement and providing protection for non-native species in domestic legislation in both South Africa and Vietnam is required to ensure the survival of these species.

中文翻译:

探索用于亚洲传统医学的濒危野生动物的亚非贸易枢纽:对南非和越南贸易商的采访

东南亚的许多物种已被过度捕杀,以满足对传统亚洲医学 (TAM) 成分的需求。随着获取零件变得更加困难,消费者的需求正在转向新的替代品。因此,准确估计非法野生动物贸易的水平对于确保长期可持续性非常重要。本研究的主要目的是了解南非当前用于 TAM 目的的非法野生动物贸易市场。次要目的是探索应用不同调查方法检测濒危野生动物部分贸易的可能性。近几十年来,随着南非的越南裔野生野生动物数量不断增加,我们在 2017 年 4 月至 8 月期间调查了南非和越南的 183 家传统药店,使用直接观察和敏感的提问技术来估计用于 TAM 目的的野生动物贸易的规模。我们的结果表明,随机响应技术导致对野生动物部位贸易的最高流行率估计,而错误共识偏差在本研究中似乎无效。很明显,野生动物部位不仅从非洲贩运到亚洲用于 TAM 使用,而且源自亚洲的产品(如熊部位)也可能被走私到南非供国内消费。我们建议在南非和越南的国内立法中改善野生动物执法并为非本地物种提供保护,以确保这些物种的生存。我们的结果表明,随机响应技术导致对野生动物部位贸易的最高流行率估计,而错误共识偏差在本研究中似乎无效。很明显,野生动物部位不仅从非洲贩运到亚洲用于 TAM 使用,而且源自亚洲的产品(如熊部位)也可能被走私到南非供国内消费。我们建议在南非和越南的国内立法中改善野生动物执法并为非本地物种提供保护,以确保这些物种的生存。我们的结果表明,随机响应技术导致对野生动物部位贸易的最高流行率估计,而错误共识偏差在本研究中似乎无效。很明显,野生动物部位不仅从非洲贩运到亚洲用于 TAM 使用,而且源自亚洲的产品(如熊部位)也可能被走私到南非供国内消费。我们建议在南非和越南的国内立法中改善野生动物执法并为非本地物种提供保护,以确保这些物种的生存。很明显,野生动物部位不仅从非洲贩运到亚洲用于 TAM 使用,而且源自亚洲的产品(如熊部位)也可能被走私到南非供国内消费。我们建议在南非和越南的国内立法中改善野生动物执法并为非本地物种提供保护,以确保这些物种的生存。很明显,野生动物部位不仅从非洲贩运到亚洲用于 TAM 使用,而且源自亚洲的产品(如熊部位)也可能被走私到南非供国内消费。我们建议在南非和越南的国内立法中改善野生动物执法并为非本地物种提供保护,以确保这些物种的生存。
更新日期:2020-01-01
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