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The international wildlife trade is a serious conservation problem, addressed by the United Nations' Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), which currently has 170 member countries called ''Parties''.〔CITES 2013. (''Member countries'' ). CITES Secretariat, Geneva.〕 The 15th Conference of the Parties of CITES was held in Doha, Qatar in March 2010.〔CITES 2013. (''Fifteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties'' ). CITES Secretariat, Geneva.〕 The trade in wildlife is the third largest illegal business behind only drugs and weapons 〔Jessica B. Izzo, ''PC Pets for a Price: Combating Online and Traditional Wildlife Crime Through International Harmonization and Authoritative Polices'' William and Mary Environmental Law and Policy Journal, Vol. 34 Iss. 3 (2010)().〕 International wildlife trade can be classified in 2 forms: Still, it's a serious threat to a number of endangered and vulnerable species. The removal of species from regions which are part of illegal wildlife trade may cause severe problems for the local ecosystem. *Legal trade in wildlife is distinguished by the sale of wildlife, yet done so in a sustainable manner. Wildlife farms for example farm wildlife animals with the intent of selling these, an activity which usually does not cause any negative effect to the ecosystem. It may also solve some other issues (see below). ==Terminology== The international illegal wildlife trade is sometimes differentiated from the bushmeat trade by virtue of its geographic scale and commercialization. Bushmeat, usually but not always referring to Africa, is the consumption of wildlife locally or nationally for protein. Sometimes bushmeat is internationalized through trade links from Africa to Europe or North America, but most bushmeat is consumed near its place of origin. The international illegal trade of wildlife, conversely, is defined by the trade of high-value wild animals and products derived from wild animals across borders. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Wildlife trade」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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