CONSERVATION
MUCH attention is directed towards international wildlife trade and the role of CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora) to regulate cross-border trade where it might threaten wild species. Nevertheless, prohibited wildlife trade continues to be very active in the Neotropics (Central and South America and the Caribbean), as evidenced by the thousands of parrots sold every year in illegal city markets. However, little is known about where the parrots are poached; whether particular parrot species are selected among those available in the wild; the routes via which these parrots are traded; and the potential conservation impacts.
To try to answerpossibility of detecting long-distance, transboundary trade of poached parrots in rural areas of both countries.
