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Cruz-Antía, D., & Gómez, J. R. (2011). Wildlife use and traffic in puerto carreño, vichada-colombia: an overview. Revista Ambiente y Desarrollo, 14(26).
Added by: Sarina Wunderlich (28 Aug 2011 21:15:05 UTC) |
| Resource type: Journal Article BibTeX citation key: CruzAnta2011 View all bibliographic details  |
Categories: General Keywords: Habitat = habitat, Jura = law, Schildkröten = turtles + tortoises, Südamerika = South America Creators: Cruz-Antía, Gómez Collection: Revista Ambiente y Desarrollo |
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Illegal wildlife traffic is a serious problem that faces megadiverse countries like Colombia. The direct extraction of individuals causes population decrease and in some cases lead the species to critical states and even extinction. One of the Colombian regions where is common to find a direct relationship of extraction-use and traffic of wildlife, is the Orinoco basin. This study shows the results of several workshops, interviews and observations about keeping wildlife as pets, uses and illegal traffic evidences of native wildlife, in the frontier city of Puerto Carreño (Vichada-Colombia). Subsistence and commerce hunting, wildlife keeping as pets and medicinal, magic and aphrodisiac uses are reported, having a negative impact over wild native populations on more than 30 vertebrate species. Mammals are the most affected group on species numbers (17). At species level, the most affected species are parrots (Amazona spp.) and turtles (Podocnemis spp. y Geochelone sp.). Finally participative management strategies are suggested as well as environmental education programs.
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