Description
Each year, hundreds of millions of plants and animals are caught or harvested from the wild and then sold as food, pets, ornamental plants, leather, tourist curios, and medicine. While a great deal of this trade is legal and is not harming wild populations, a worryingly large proportion is illegal — and threatens the survival of many endangered species. With overexploitation being the second-largest direct threat to
many species after habitat loss, WWF is addressing illegal and unsustainable wildlife trade as a priority issue.
Information
- Author(s)
- Traffic and WWF
- Date / journal vol no.
- 2006
