Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-2018
Keywords
Avian conservation, Conservation governance, Wildlife trade, Biodiversity, Raptor decline
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2017.e00372
Abstract
Within conservation biology growing evidence of the decline of the Saker falcon (falco cherrug) population has directed attention to the role of the global falcon trade. Here, we examine factors that may explain the global Saker trade using ecological modernization, treadmill of production and unequal ecological exchange as theoretical frameworks. We estimate trends in Saker exports using the most comprehensive measure available – Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora Trade Database. Our analysis employs fixed effects regression techniques to control for unobserved heterogeneity between nations to isolate the most important drivers of Saker exports. We find that the rise in Saker exports are partly correlated with a nation's increasing income and growing dependence on trade. Such a situation infers that the global Saker falcon population will continue to diminish if conservation policy does not change and current economic conditions continue.
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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
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Yes
Citation / Publisher Attribution
Global Ecology and Conservation, v. 13, art. e00372
Scholar Commons Citation
Stretesky, Paul B.; McKie, Ruth E.; Lynch, Michael J.; Long, Michael A.; and Barrett, Kimberly L., "Where have all the Falcons Gone? Saker Falcon (Falco Cherrug) Exports in a Global Economy" (2018). Criminology Faculty Publications. 13.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/cjp_facpub/13
