The report presents the latest assessment of global trends in wildlife crime. It includes discussions on illicit rosewood, ivory, rhino horn, pangolin scales, live reptiles, tigers and other big cats, and European eel. The COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic has highlighted that wildlife crime is a threat not only to the environment and biodiversity, but also to human health, economic development and security. Zoonotic diseases - those caused by pathogens that spread from animals to humans - represent up to 75% of all emerging infectious diseases. Trafficked wild species and the resulting products offered for human consumption, by definition, escape any hygiene or sanitary control, and therefore pose even greater risks of infection.
| ISBN: | 9789211483499 |
| Publication date: | 30th April 2021 |
| Author: | United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime |
| Publisher: | United Nations Publications |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 132 pages |
| Series: | World Wildlife Crime Report |
| Genres: |
Crime and criminology Organized crime Conservation of wildlife and habitats Social impact of environmental issues Zoology and animal sciences |
The report presents the latest assessment of global trends in wildlife crime. It includes discussions on illicit rosewood, ivory, rhino horn, pangolin scales, live reptiles, tigers and other big cats, and European eel. The COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic has highlighted that wildlife crime is a threat not only to the environment and biodiversity, but also to human health, economic development and security. Zoonotic diseases - those caused by pathogens that spread from animals to humans - represent up to 75% of all emerging infectious diseases. Trafficked wild species and the resulting products offered for human consumption, by definition, escape any hygiene or sanitary control, and therefore pose even greater risks of infection.
World Wildlife Crime Report features in the following genres: Crime and criminology, Organized crime, Conservation of wildlife and habitats, Social impact of environmental issues, Zoology and animal sciences
World Wildlife Crime Report is available in Paperback
World Wildlife Crime Report was written by United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and published by United Nations Publications
World Wildlife Crime Report has 132 pages
Yes it is part of World Wildlife Crime Report series