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Traded animal species: comparison between IUCN and CITES
KORCH, Martin
The legal and illegal trade in wild animals and plants is still growing and creates constant pressure on entire ecosystems. There are many organizations that try to prevent this problem and regulate the international trade. Such organizations include the IUCN and the international convetion CITES. Due to a lack of coordination, the number of business records is constantly increasing and it can lead to rapid extinction of species. The aim of the work is to find out the overlap between critically endangered, endangered, vulnerable and internationally traded species: Araneae, Chilopoda, Lepidoptera, Chondrichthyes, Actinopterygii, Dipneusti, Coelacanthii and Carnivora listed by IUCN and the species included in appendices I, II or III to the international convention CITES. The analysis revealed that of 1 585 internationally traded species listed by IUCN is 42% (1 585 species) unprotected by CITES. That is almost half of the species that are overlooked and potentially in need of international trade regulation. Aquatic organisms are among the most endangered species (41%) and only one percent includes terrestrial organism.
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