Species traded legally through Hong Kong with inadequate traceability

(The University of Hong Kong) Researchers at HKU analyzed trends in global legal wildlife trade from 1997 to 2016 and revealed that legal wildlife trade averaged $220 billion per year over this period. Despite its scale, 34% of trade is declared using overly broad codes that only specify taxonomic class and above. The research team suggests that the Harmonized System Code be distilled to increase traceability and help monitor trade. The paper was published inGlobal Ecology and Conservation.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news