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Research co-led by HKU and Lingnan ecologists reveals that wealth inequality is key driver of global wildlife trade
wealth inequality is key driver of global wildlife trade
Elephant tusks seized by the National Parks Board of Singapore, Singapore Customs, and the Immigration & Checkpoints Authority of Singapore. (Photo Credit: Marcus CHUA)
It was commonly assumed that wildlife products are exported from low-income countries to meet the demand of consumers in wealthy economies, and therefore, a widening wealth gap may drive up the volume of global trade and endanger wildlife.
Recently, a research team co-led by Research Division for Ecology and Biodiversity (E&B), Faculty of Science, the University of Hong Kong (HKU) and the Science Unit (SU) of Lingnan University (LU) corroborated this premise by analysing global wildlife trade databases. The research team includes Dr Jia Huan LIEW, Research Assistant Professor of SU, and Emeritus Professor David DUD
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IMAGE: Elephant tusks seized by the National Parks Board of Singapore, Singapore Customs, and the Immigration & Checkpoints Authority of Singapore. view more
Credit: Marcus CHUA
It was commonly assumed that wildlife products are exported from low-income countries to meet the demand of consumers in wealthy economies, and therefore, a widening wealth gap may drive up the volume of global trade and endanger wildlife.
Recently, a research team co-led by Research Division for Ecology and Biodiversity (E&B), Faculty of Science, the University of Hong Kong (HKU) and the Science Unit (SU) of Lingnan University (LU) corroborated this premise by analysing global wildlife trade databases. The research team includes Dr Jia Huan LIEW, Research Assistant Professor of SU, and Emeritus Professor David DUDGEON from E&B, HKU. Their findings are published in