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Can bans stimulate wildlife trade?

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Proactive management of trade in endangered wildlife makes more sense than last-minute bans that can themselves increase trading activity, argue Philippe Rivalan and his co-authors.

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  1. Philippe Rivalan, Virginie Delmas, Elena Angulo, Leigh S. Bull, Richard J. Hall and Franck Courchamp are at University Paris-Sud, Laboratoire Ecologie, Systématique et Evolution, UMR CNRS 8079, Orsay F-91405, France.,

    Philippe Rivalan, Virginie Delmas, Elena Angulo, Leigh S. Bull, Richard J. Hall & Franck Courchamp

  2. Alison M. Rosser and Nigel Leader-Williams are at the Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology, University of Kent, Canterbury, CT2 7NR, UK.,

    Alison M. Rosser & Nigel Leader-Williams

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Rivalan, P., Delmas, V., Angulo, E. et al. Can bans stimulate wildlife trade?. Nature 447, 529–530 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/447529a

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