Genomic analyses reveal poaching hotspots and illegal trade in pangolins from Africa to Asia

. 2023 Dec 15 ; 382 (6676) : 1282-1286. [epub] 20231214

Jazyk angličtina Země Spojené státy americké Médium print-electronic

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Perzistentní odkaz   https://www.medvik.cz/link/pmid38096373

Grantová podpora
S-INLEC-17-GR-1006 Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, US Department of State
DBI 2208955 National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Biology
R7021-20 Research Impact Fund, Research Grants Council Hong Kong
DP1-OD000370 AND EU-ACP ECOFAC VI CONVENTION FED/2018/403-718 National Institutes of Health Director’s Pioneer Award
VK01010103 Czech Ministry of Interior
2021B0026 IGA Faculty of Environmental Sciences CZU Prague
GHN-AOO-09-00010-00 Skoll Foundation, United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Emerging Pandemic Threats PREDICT program

The white-bellied pangolin (Phataginus tricuspis) is the world's most trafficked mammal and is at risk of extinction. Reducing the illegal wildlife trade requires an understanding of its origins. Using a genomic approach for tracing confiscations and analyzing 111 samples collected from known geographic localities in Africa and 643 seized scales from Asia between 2012 and 2018, we found that poaching pressures shifted over time from West to Central Africa. Recently, Cameroon's southern border has emerged as a site of intense poaching. Using data from seizures representing nearly 1 million African pangolins, we identified Nigeria as one important hub for trafficking, where scales are amassed and transshipped to markets in Asia. This origin-to-destination approach offers new opportunities to disrupt the illegal wildlife trade and to guide anti-trafficking measures.

Agence Nationale des Parcs Nationaux Libreville Gabon

Biological and Environmental Sciences University of Stirling Stirling UK

Center for Species Survival Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute Washington DC USA

Center for Tropical Research Institute of the Environment University of California Los Angeles Los Angeles CA USA

Congo Basin Institute University of California Los Angeles Los Angeles CA USA

CRESAR Yaoundé Cameroon

Département de Biologie des Organismes Université Libre de Bruxelles Brussels Belgium

Département de Biologie Faculté des Sciences Université des Sciences et Techniques de Masuku Franceville Gabon

Department of Biology and Animal Physiology University of Yaoundé 1 Yaoundé Cameroon

Department of Biology Colorado State University Fort Collins CO USA

Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology University of California Los Angeles Los Angeles CA USA

Department of Ecology and Nature Management School of Earth Sciences and Environmental Engineering National Research Tomsk Polytechnic University Tomsk Russia

Department of Spatial Sciences Faculty of Environmental Sciences Czech University of Life Sciences Prague Prague Czech Republic

Department of Wildlife Fisheries and Aquaculture Mississippi State University Starkville MS USA

Department of Zoology Faculty of Science University of Lagos Lagos Nigeria

Faculty of Tropical AgriSciences Czech University of Life Sciences Prague Prague Czech Republic

Fauna Conservation Department Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden Hong Kong China

Institut de Recherche en Ecologie Tropicale Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique et Technologique Libreville Gabon

International Institute for Tropical Agriculture Yaoundé Cameroon

Laboratory of Applied Biology and Ecology Faculty of Science University of Dschang Dschang Cameroon

Metabiota Cameroon Ltd Yaoundé Cameroon

Mosaic Yaoundé Cameroon

National Fish and Wildlife Forensic Laboratory US Fish and Wildlife Service Ashland OR USA

Pangolin Conservation Network Libreville Gabon

Pangolin Specialist Group IUCN Species Survival Commission London UK

School of Biological Sciences The University of Hong Kong Hong Kong China

School of Ecology Shenzhen Campus of Sun Yat sen University Shenzhen China

Smithsonian Mason School of Conservation George Mason University Front Royal VA USA

South African National Biodiversity Institute Pretoria South Africa

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