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Nature 447, 529-530 (31 May 2007) | doi:10.1038/447529a; Published online 30 May 2007

Can bans stimulate wildlife trade?

Philippe Rivalan1, Virginie Delmas1, Elena Angulo1, Leigh S. Bull1, Richard J. Hall1, Franck Courchamp1, Alison M. Rosser2 & Nigel Leader-Williams2

  1. Philippe Rivalan, Virginie Delmas, Elena Angulo, Leigh S. Bull, Richard J. Hall and Franck Courchamp are at University Paris-Sud, Laboratoire Ecologie, Systématique et Evolution, UMR CNRS 8079, Orsay F-91405, France.
  2. Alison M. Rosser and Nigel Leader-Williams are at the Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology, University of Kent, Canterbury, CT2 7NR, UK.
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Proactive management of trade in endangered wildlife makes more sense than last-minute bans that can themselves increase trading activity, argue Philippe Rivalan and his co-authors.

Wildlife trade threatens around one-third of birds and mammals worldwide1. A further 1,000 timber species are threatened with extinction due to felling2, and 75% of fisheries are fully or over-exploited3.

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