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World Wild Web: Understanding Online Illegal Wildlife Trade in Brazil

 

Key Facts

FUNDING SCHEME ICON
FUNDING SCHEME
Evidence
VALUE ICON
VALUE
£74,965
WHERE ICON
WHERE
Brazil

Summary

The web is the main vehicle for wildlife traffickers in Brazil. Through social media platforms, traffickers reach high numbers of people at both ends of the supply chain. Moreover, the internet provides them with anonymity to avoid legal consequences. The World Wild Web project aims at gathering evidence of illegal trade online, understand consumers’ and suppliers’ motivations and needs, and identify capacity and capability needs of organisations wanting to tackle this phenomenon across Brazil.
 
Status Current
Reference IWTEV017
Round 9
Start 01/04/2023
End 31/03/2025

Project Leader


Project Partners
University of Amazon, Northumbria University, International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)


Regions
South America

Species
FROG, ZEBRA, JAGUAR, MACAW, GOLDEN LION TAMARIN, BRAZILIAN JEWEL TARANTULA, GREAT-BILLED SEED FINCH, GOLDEN LANCEHEAD

Countries
Brazil

Documents:
Download: Annual Report - IWTEV017 AR1 - 09/10/2024

Download: Half Year Report - IWTEV017 HYR1 - 27/02/2024

Download: Application Form - IWTEV017 App - 04/07/2023