Emerging Technologies: Smarter ways to fight wildlife crime
Resource type
Authors/contributors
- Cressa, Douglas (Author)
- Zommers, Zinta (Author)
Title
Emerging Technologies: Smarter ways to fight wildlife crime
Abstract
The illegal trade of animals—for luxury goods, traditional medicine or cultural ceremonies, pets, entertainment, and even research—is a major threat to wildlife conservation and welfare (Baker et al., 2013). Poachers and illegal traders use highly sophisticated and rapidly changing techniques to avoid detection. To keep pace with the "war on wildlife", conservation and law enforcement communities have started to adopt cutting-edge military tools and techniques. High-tech equipment can magnify counter-poaching efforts without requiring armies of rangers or risking lives. Tools include acoustic traps, mobile technology, mikrokopters, radio frequency identification tags, encrypted data digital networks, camera traps, DNA testing, radio collars, metal scanners, and satellite imagery.
Publication
Environmental Development
Volume
12
Pages
62-72
Date
10/2014
Language
en
ISSN
22114645
Short Title
Emerging Technologies
Accessed
19/03/2019, 14:02
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Crossref
Citation
Cressa, D., & Zommers, Z. (2014). Emerging Technologies: Smarter ways to fight wildlife crime. Environmental Development, 12, 62–72. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envdev.2014.07.002
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