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Chinese triads target Bolivia’s jaguars in search of ‘American tiger’ parts
An intelligence-gathering investigation by Earth League International and the Dutch national committee to the IUCN has revealed that Chinese-controlled trafficking syndicates are responsible for smuggling jaguar body parts out of Bolivia.
These groups hide behind legitimate businesses like restaurants and shops, which also serve as fronts for the transit of other wildlife and illegal drugs, the investigation found.
An influx of Chinese investment into infrastructure projects in Bolivia in recent years has coincided with a rise in poaching, with traffickers targeting jaguars as a replacement for nearly depleted tiger populations back in Asia.
Chimpanzees and humans “overlap” in their use of forests and even villages, new research shows.
Scientists used camera traps to track the movements of western chimpanzees – a critically endangered species – in Guinea-Bissau.
Chimpanzees used areas away from villages and agriculture more intensively, but entered land used by humans to get fruit – especially when wild fruits were scarce.
Researchers from the University of Exeter and Oxford Brookes University say the approach used in this study could help to inform a “coexistence strategy” for chimpanzees and humans.
“Understanding how wildlife balance the risks and rewards of entering environments used by humans is crucial to developing strategies to reduce risks of negative interactions, including disease transmission and aggression by animals or humans,” said lead author Dr Elena Bersacola, of the Centre for Ecology and Conservation on Exeter’s Penryn Campus in Cornwall.