Increasing timber and declining live plant diversity and volumes in global trade from 2000 to 2020

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Naqinezhad, A., Morton, O. and Edwards, D. P. 2024. Increasing timber and declining live plant diversity and volumes in global trade from 2000 to 2020. Communications Earth & Environment. 5, pp. 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-024-01950-2
AuthorsNaqinezhad, A., Morton, O. and Edwards, D. P.
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Plants are a vast, lucrative portion of global wildlife trade and the most speciose clade listed under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora-CITES. Here we assess the diversity and volume of wild-sourced CITES-listed across space and time. Between 2000-2020, over 8.4 million m3 of timber, 197 million individual live plants, and 4.6 million kg of plant products were traded under CITES, comprising 53, 765, and 74 species, respectively. Most species are traded between key exporter and importer nations, especially China, USA, and Europe. Total diversity of timber species and volumes increased over time, whereas live diversity declined, and product diversity and mass fluctuated uncertainly. Most species were not evaluated by the IUCN Red List when first traded, with high volumes of timber and products concentrated among threatened taxa. The high prevalence of poorly understood species necessitates enhanced rigour in ensuring sustainable CITES trade.

Keywordsplants ; wildlife trade; endangered species
Year2024
JournalCommunications Earth & Environment
Journal citation5, pp. 1-9
PublisherNature
ISSN2662-4435
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-024-01950-2
Web address (URL)https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-024-01950-2
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