#direct-wildlife-exploitation
Issues, solutions, and case studies for direct-wildlife-exploitation
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Issues 1
#00344Hunting, wildlife trade, fishing and conflict cause direct mortality
Threatened animals are killed or removed through hunting, trade, targeted fishing, bycatch and conflict responses faster than their populations can reproduce.
Solutions 2
#00354Replace harmful fishing gear and protect critical no-take areas
Adopt species-safe fishing gear and enforce targeted no-take areas where threatened animals feed, breed or migrate to reduce capture and bycatch mortality.
#00353Combine community patrols, enforcement and trade disruption
Coordinate community patrols, targeted enforcement, and trade-chain investigations to reduce illegal killing and trafficking of threatened animals.
Case studies 2
Government of Mexico with fishing communities and conservation partners · Region
PACE-Vaquita sought to eliminate vaquita bycatch by enforcing gillnet restrictions, withdrawing fishing effort, testing alternative gear and compensating fishers. The IUCN Cetacean Specialist Group reports that 230 arti…
$26M · Government of Mexico conservation expenditure reported before 2015 · 3 sources
Ninh Bình Forest Protection Department, community rangers, Endangered Primate Rescue Center and Fauna & Flora partners · Region
Van Long Nature Reserve protects the largest known population of Delacour's langur through reserve management coordinated between the Ninh Bình Forest Protection Department, community-led patrol teams (including former…
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