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Lions in the modern arena of CITES
- Abstract:
- Lions have often been discussed under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of wild flora and fauna (CITES). While CITES decisions on species trade regimes are ostensibly based on science, species data are often inconclusive and political considerations inevitably determine outcomes. We present the context of lion conservation and the technical and political processes of CITES to illuminate how a failed uplisting proposal nonetheless resulted in an unprecedented trade restriction as well as conservation initiatives beyond the CITES trade function. We conclude on the limitations of science to guide future directions of CITES debates, leaving politics and ethics to shape decision making.
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- Published
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- Peer reviewed
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- 10.1111/conl.12444
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- Conservation Letters More from this journal
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- 11
- Issue:
- 5
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- Article Number: e12444
- Publication date:
- 2018-02-07
- Acceptance date:
- 2018-01-31
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1755-263X
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- © 2018 The Authors. Conservation Letters published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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