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SUBMITTER: Mialon HM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8741183 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Mialon Hugo M HM Klumpp Tilman T Williams Michael A MA
Science advances 20220107 1
The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) bans international trade in species threatened with extinction. We investigate the effects of these bans on species’ endangerment, as assessed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). Our analysis exploits changes in CITES bans between 1979 and 2017. We find that CITES bans lead to subsequent improvements in mammalian species’ IUCN status, relative to species in which trade was not banned. These effects are ...[more]