African elephant poaching rates correlate with local poverty, national corruption and global ivory price
oleh: Severin Hauenstein, Mrigesh Kshatriya, Julian Blanc, Carsten F. Dormann, Colin M. Beale
| Format: | Article |
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| Diterbitkan: | Nature Portfolio 2019-05-01 |
Deskripsi
Ivory poaching has decreased since 2011, and understanding why may help to further prevent losses to elephant populations. Here the authors show correlations between poaching rates and poverty and corruption-related indices, and proxies of ivory demand.