Scaling up pangolin conservation

By C. Waterman, D. Challender, J. Baillie. 2014

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Citations in the corpus

Using local ecological knowledge to determine status and threats of the Critically Endangered Chinese pangolin (Manis pentadactyla) in Hainan, China (2016, background): “…pangolin (Manis pentadactyla) is an insectivorous scaly-bodied small mammal with a wide historical distribution across eastern, southern and southeast Asia, but populations across its range are now severely threatened by hunting and illegal wildlife trade (Corlett, 2007; Challender et al., 2014b).”
Where did all the pangolins go? International CITES trade in pangolin species (2016, background): “…2014), while the four African species — theWhite-bellied pangolin (Manis tricuspis), the Giant pangolin (Manis gigantea), Temmincks Ground pangolin (Manis temminckii) and the Black-bellied pangolin (Manis tetradactyla) are listed as Vulnerable (Pietersen et al., 2014a; Waterman et al., 2014a,b,c).”
Biological annihilation via the ongoing sixth mass extinction signaled by vertebrate population losses and declines (2017, background): “) populations have been decimated (31), and populations of giraffes dropped from around 115,000 individuals thought to be conspecific in 1985, to around 97,000 representing what is now recognized to be four species (Giraffa giraffa, G.”
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) (2016, background): “The IUCN Pangolin Specialist Group identified hunting and poaching for illegal international trade in live animals, meat and scales primarily destined for Asia, mainly Asian market, as the primary threat to pangolins (Challender et al. 2014c).”