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The wild bird trade and African parrots: past, present and future challenges
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Rowan O Martin --- Africa Programme, World Parrot Trust, Hayle, UK; and DST-NRF Centre of Excellence at the FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, Department of Biological Sciences, South AfricaAfrican parrots are among the most traded of all birds listed on the appendices of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES). Collapses in some wild populations due to trapping for the pet... -
Exported illegally, threatened locally: South Africa in the global reptile pet trade
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: Sian Willoughby --- University of Pretoria, South Africa SA Jeanetta Selier --- South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI), South Africa Zwelakhe Zondi --- South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI), South Africa Grant Hall --- University of Pretoria, South AfricaThe global illegal exotic pet trade is a major driver of biodiversity loss, particularly affecting reptile species listed under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) Appendix II. CITES is an international agreement...
