The expansion of international trade and air travel has led to an increase in human-mediated biological invasion, enabling invasive species to travel faster and over longer distances than before. Invasive species undermine human health, security and economic development. This report represents the preliminary steps in the triage and identification of pathways of high risk in the Caribbean.
Esta es una publicación periódica sobre temas relacionados con la evaluación de impacto ambiental. En esta edición, se incluyen artículos sobre ambiente y comercio, algunos relacionados con el proceso de negociación del Acuerdo de Asociación entre Centroamérica y la Unión Europea, otros sobre el comercio de especies, propiedad intelectual y evaluación de impacto ambiental en el marco de acuerdos o tratados de libre comercio.
TRAFFIC's findings in this report provide strong evidence that China's trade ban has been effective at reducing the market for Tiger products, particularly traditional medicines. Still, illegal trade remains a threat. China's progress in Tiger conservation, especially Tiger trade, would almost certainly be undone if China's market for Tiger products were re-opened.
