GLOBAL TRADE IN WILD BRIDS
In a paper recently published by the scientific journal Science Advances, an international team which included CIBIO-InBIO researchers Luís Reino, Rui Figueira, Pedro Beja, Miguel Araújo e César Capinha, investigated the international trade of wild birds before and after the EU´s ban in 2005. The team analysed the data on the records of wild bird trade from CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora) and observed that before 2005, Europe was the main importer of wild birds. After this period, not only the global trade had remarkable decrease, but trade routes have shifted away from Western Europe. The According to Luís Reino “the documented shift in wild bird trade towards areas with a high biodiversity is a matter of concern. The extent of captured birds can lead to depletion of natural populations”. The researchers also highlighted that interna-tional bird trade is a main cause of exotic birds spreading around the world.
To know more about this topic, please follow the links below:
“E se o comércio mundial de aves selvagens fosse proibido? É o que defendem cientistas portugueses” | Público | November 22, 2017 (Information available in Portuguese)
“Estudo mostra que comércio mundial de aves silvestres diminuiu 90% desde 2005" | DN | November 22, 2017 (Information available in Portuguese)
“Estudo mostra que comércio mundial de aves silvestres diminuiu 90% desde 2005" | TSF | November 22, 2017 (Information available in Portuguese)
“El comercio mundial de aves silvestres ha caído un 90%” | Ecoavant | November 23, 2017 (Information available in Spanish)
“EU trade ban reduces global trade in wild birds by 90 percent” | The London Economic | November 22, 2017
“EU trade ban brings down global trade in wild birds by 90 percent” | Science Daily | November 22, 2017
“EU trade ban brings down global trade in wild birds by 90 percent” | Phys.org | November 22, 2017
“EU trade ban brings down global trade in wild birds by 90 percent” | Science Codex | November 22, 2017
"EU wild bird import ban cuts trade worldwide by 90%” | Independent | November 23, 2017
“EU trade ban brings down global trade in wild birds by 90%” | Universiteit Antwerpen | November 23, 2017
“EU Trade Ban Brings Down Global Trade in Wild Birds” | The Poultry Site | November 23, 2017
“EU Trade Ban Brings Down Global Trade in Wild Birds” | BlackSeaGrain | November 24, 2017
“EU trade ban reduces global trade in wild birds by 90 per cent” | BirdGuides | November 24, 2017
“II divieto Ue funziona: diminuito del 90% il commercio globale di uccelli selvatici” | Greenreport | November 24, 2017 (Information available in Italian)
“El comercio mundial de aves silvestres baja un 90% desde 2005” | EcoDiario | November 26, 2017 (Information available in Spanish)
To read the national press release for this study, please click here.
To access the original article, please click here.