@article {1331,
	title = {Scientists{\textquoteright} warning to humanity on illegal or unsustainable wildlife trade},
	journal = {Biological Conservation},
	year = {2021},
	month = {08/10/2021},
	pages = {1-9},
	abstract = {<p>Illegal or unsustainable wildlife trade is growing at a global level, threatening the traded species and coexisting biota, and promoting the spread of invasive species. From the loss of ecosystem services to diseases transmitted from wildlife to humans, or connections with major organized crime networks and disruption of local to global economies, its ramifications are pervading our daily lives and perniciously affecting our well-being. Here we build on the manifesto \&lsquo;World Scientists\&rsquo; Warning to Humanity, issued by the Alliance of World Scientists. As a group of researchers deeply concerned about the consequences of illegal or unsustainable wildlife trade, we review and highlight how these can negatively impact species, ecosystems, and society. We appeal for urgent action to close key knowledge gaps and regulate wildlife trade more stringently.</p>
},
	keywords = {Economy, ecosystem services, extinction, Invasive alien species, Organized crime, Zoonotic diseases},
	issn = {0006-3207},
	doi = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2021.109341},
	url = {https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006320721003931},
	author = {Cardoso, Pedro and Amponsah-Mensah, Kofi and Barreiros, Jo{\~a}o P. and Bouhuys, Jamie and Cheung, Hubert and Davies, Alisa and Kumschick, Sabrina and Longhorn, Stuart J. and Carlos A. Mart{\'\i}nez-Mu{\~n}oz and Morcatty, Thais Q. and Peters, Gretchen and Ripple, William J. and Rivera-T{\'e}llez, Emmanuel and Stringham, Oliver C. and Toomes, Adam and Tricorache, Patricia and Fukushima, Caroline S.}
}
