Abstract

International trade possibly covers every field of business. One of the branches which fall under the umbrella of global trade is environmental aspect, under which trade of wildlife is the emerging trend as it gives huge profit. Wildlife trade can be legal as well as illegal. Trade in wildlife species also includes the trade of the endangered species. Illegal trade is the one factor which devastating the wildlife and putting the ecosystem at risk. The increase in trade of endangered species, there is an increase in risk of environment and ecosystem on the whole getting affected. Prevention of the survival of endangered species is necessary in order to protect the biodiversity. Illicitly removing one species from the chain of ecosystem will affect the other species which depends on it. There is an high demand of endangered species products which results in increase in the trade of those species which automatically affects the existence of the endangered species at large. The illegal trade of the animals that are prone to extinction will result in the exploitation of those species which indirectly or directly affects the environment. Many laws and Conventions has been implemented for protecting the endangered species. Here we are going to discuss the overview of the illegal trade of endangered species.

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