Illegal wildlife trade and the persistence of “plant blindness”

12 July 2019

Plants People Planet

Jared D. Margulies, Leigh‐Anne Bullough, Amy Hinsley, Daniel J. Ingram, Carly Cowell, Bárbara Goettsch, Bente B. Klitgård, Anita Lavorgna, Pablo Sinovas, Jacob Phelps

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A wide variety of plant species are threatened by illegal wildlife trade (IWT), and yet plants receive scant attention in IWT policy and research, a matter of pressing global concern. This review examines how “plant blindness” manifests within policy and research on IWT, with serious and detrimental effects for biodiversity conservation.

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Amy Hinsley

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

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