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Consumer focus – Tackling illegal wildlife trade by reducing demand | Fauna & Flora International

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By Isabel Vique
| Fauna & Flora International Verified
The first time I heard about illegal wildlife trade, my brain could only focus on poaching. People taking precious animals and plants from nature to butcher them, eat them or sell them in local or international markets. But one day, during the first of the very few economics lessons that I have received in my life, I stopped for a minute and thought…is that how the market works? Can a market be sustained without consumer demand for the product? What would happen to Apple if no one wanted an iPhone?
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Caribbean collaboration offers hope for a vanishing island iguana

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By Isabel Vique
| Fauna & Flora International Verified
When someone says Caribbean, I am sure most people think idyllic beaches, sunshine and relaxation. When I hear the word, I think remarkable wildlife and lush habitats teeming with a delightful array of animals and plants.
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Caribbean collaboration offers hope for a vanishing island iguana

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By Isabel Vique
| Phys.org Verified
Reflecting on Charles Darwin and his groundbreaking discoveries about how species evolve differently on islands compared to on the mainland, I found myself heading to Anguilla, a UK overseas territory, to work on the conservation of one of these remarkable species – the Lesser Antillean iguana. The Lesser Antillean iguana can be found on the islands of Anguilla, St Eustatius, St Barths, Martinique, Guadeloupe and Dominica.
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Assessing the risk of overexploitation to a tarantula species in the pet trade

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By Shannon Rivera, Laure Joanny, Isabel Vique, Rebekah Middleton
| Wiley Online Library Verified
INTRODUCTION Wildlife trade policies, research, and public attention tend to focus on a relatively small subsection of charismatic and well-known animals (Hughes et al., 2023; Hutchinson et al., 2022; Sollund, 2011), namely, mammals and birds. However, the wildlife trade, and in particular the pet trade, affects many other species (Bush et al., 2014). Despite their ecological importance and presence in the global wildlife trade, invertebrates remain an overlooked and poorly regulated animal group.
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