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The wildlife of the Philippines includes a significant number of endemic plant and animal species. The country's surrounding waters reportedly [1] have the highest level of marine biodiversity in the world. The Philippines is one of the seventeen megadiverse countries and is a global biodiversity hotspot.
The red-vented cockatoo (Cacatua haematuropygia), also known as the Philippine cockatoo and locally katala, abukay, agay, or kalangay, is a species of cockatoo.It is endemic to the Philippines, formerly found throughout the entire country, but due to the illegal wildlife trade, it is now locally extinct in most of its range with the only sizeable population remaining in Palawan and Sulu ...
Furthermore, Palawan is a hub for illegal wildlife trade, with Palawan binturongs being seized on a regular basis (The IUCN lists the Palawan binturong as Vulnerable; the main threats it faces are destruction and degradation of primary rainforest, hunting for meat, use in traditional medicines and as pets, and accidental or intentional snaring ...
In Borneo, indigenous groups use pigs for trade and social status. [1] Throughout the Philippines, domesticated pigs are bred for socioeconomic reasons and are used for ceremonies, bride wealth, burials, and ritual feasting. [1] [2] Domesticated pigs show status and wealth and are used to make and strengthen alliances. [2]
In the Philippines, crocodile farmers breed and raise two species of Philippine crocodiles: the Philippine saltwater crocodile (Crocodylus porosus) [1] and the Philippine freshwater crocodile (Crocodylus mindorensis). Farms that trade crocodile skin are regulated by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES). [1] [2]
Wildlife poachers assembling tusks for ivory trade The possibilities for zoonotic disease transmissions Wildlife trafficking practices have resulted in the emergence of zoonotic diseases . Exotic wildlife trafficking is a multi-billion dollar industry that involves the removal and shipment of mammals, reptiles, amphibians, invertebrates, and ...
International Illegal Trade in Wildlife: Threats and U.S. Policy, Liana Sun Wyler/Pervaze A. Sheikh, Congressional Research Papers, 2008; TRAFFIC Bulletin, Vol.22/No.2, June 2009; The Black Market for Wildlife: Combating Transnational Organized Crime in the Illegal Wildlife Trade, Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law 36 (5) 1657-1689 ...
The first historically documented discussions regarding the Calauit Safari Park took place when Ferdinand Marcos approached David Anthony "Tony" Parkinson, [3] an Englishman whose business venture at the time was the translocation of African animals into zoos, on the sidelines of the Fourth session of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD IV) held in May 1976 in ...