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Current wildlife crime (Indian scenario): major challenges and prevention approaches
The constant depletion of wild flora and fauna in India due to uncontrolled human activities, natural habitat destruction and covert poaching activities is threatening the ecological balance. The poaching and trafficking of wild species in the lure of money as well as fashion has wiped out a range o...
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description | The constant depletion of wild flora and fauna in India due to uncontrolled human activities, natural habitat destruction and covert poaching activities is threatening the ecological balance. The poaching and trafficking of wild species in the lure of money as well as fashion has wiped out a range of wildlife species that call for critical attention to tackle this menace. There are many transit routes through the states of Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka, West Bengal, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, and Assam, which are major hubs for wildlife trafficking in India, in both domestic and international markets. The poaching of wild animals and plants slowly erases biodiversity, which in turn affects the survival of humans and other living species. Therefore, there is an urgent need to check ongoing wildlife crimes, raise the number of endangered species, rehabilitate exotic/extinct species and restore natural ecosystems. In this article, we collected wildlife crime data from web portals of various stakeholders, government agencies and authentic news sources, and discuss the current crime trends, challenges, and prevention approaches required to control and restore wildlife biodiversity in India. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s10531-023-02577-z. |
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spelling | pubmed-100257902023-03-21 Current wildlife crime (Indian scenario): major challenges and prevention approaches Rana, Ajay Kumar Kumar, Nishant Biodivers Conserv Review Paper The constant depletion of wild flora and fauna in India due to uncontrolled human activities, natural habitat destruction and covert poaching activities is threatening the ecological balance. The poaching and trafficking of wild species in the lure of money as well as fashion has wiped out a range of wildlife species that call for critical attention to tackle this menace. There are many transit routes through the states of Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka, West Bengal, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, and Assam, which are major hubs for wildlife trafficking in India, in both domestic and international markets. The poaching of wild animals and plants slowly erases biodiversity, which in turn affects the survival of humans and other living species. Therefore, there is an urgent need to check ongoing wildlife crimes, raise the number of endangered species, rehabilitate exotic/extinct species and restore natural ecosystems. In this article, we collected wildlife crime data from web portals of various stakeholders, government agencies and authentic news sources, and discuss the current crime trends, challenges, and prevention approaches required to control and restore wildlife biodiversity in India. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s10531-023-02577-z. Springer Netherlands 2023-03-20 2023 /pmc/articles/PMC10025790/ /pubmed/37063172 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10531-023-02577-z Text en © The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature B.V. 2023, Springer Nature or its licensor (e.g. a society or other partner) holds exclusive rights to this article under a publishing agreement with the author(s) or other rightsholder(s); author self-archiving of the accepted manuscript version of this article is solely governed by the terms of such publishing agreement and applicable law. This article is made available via the PMC Open Access Subset for unrestricted research re-use and secondary analysis in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for the duration of the World Health Organization (WHO) declaration of COVID-19 as a global pandemic. |
spellingShingle | Review Paper Rana, Ajay Kumar Kumar, Nishant Current wildlife crime (Indian scenario): major challenges and prevention approaches |
title | Current wildlife crime (Indian scenario): major challenges and prevention approaches |
title_full | Current wildlife crime (Indian scenario): major challenges and prevention approaches |
title_fullStr | Current wildlife crime (Indian scenario): major challenges and prevention approaches |
title_full_unstemmed | Current wildlife crime (Indian scenario): major challenges and prevention approaches |
title_short | Current wildlife crime (Indian scenario): major challenges and prevention approaches |
title_sort | current wildlife crime (indian scenario): major challenges and prevention approaches |
topic | Review Paper |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10025790/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37063172 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10531-023-02577-z |
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