Diogo Veríssimo

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Have you met Eric?

03/12/2020

Eric is a Pangolin and he has started a vlog (check it out below!). This is part of the development of the Youtbe Channel of On the Edge Conservation where we will have not only Eric but also other EDGE species talk about their daily lives… For now you can also check out a vlog … [Read more…]

Posted in: In the popular press Tagged: EDGE species, On the Edge Conservation, pangolin, Youtube

Coronavirus: why a blanket ban on wildlife trade would not be the right response

08/04/2020

Dan Challender, University of Oxford; Amy Hinsley, University of Oxford; Diogo Veríssimo, University of Oxford, and Michael ‘t Sas-Rolfes, University of Oxford The early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic have been linked to a “wet” market in Wuhan, in the Hubei province of eastern China. Wet markets are common in Asia, Africa and elsewhere, selling … [Read more…]

Posted in: In the popular press, Uncategorized Tagged: china, coronavirus, COVID-19, illegal widllife trade, pangolin, widllife trade, Wildlife

Costing the Earth Podcast – Talking about the illegal wildlife trade

31/10/2018

I was lucky to be part of the last episode of the latest episode of the BBC’s Podcast “Costing the Earth“, which is dedicated to the impact of Chinese Traditional Medicine on Wildlife Trade.  I talked about the potential impacts of the expansion of the use of Traditional Chinese Medicine around the world and the … [Read more…]

Posted in: In the popular press Tagged: Animal Conservation, behaviour change, Biodiversity, china, Conservation, Diogo Verissimo, illegal, pangolin, Saiga, species, traditional chinese medicine, Wildlife Trade

Understanding Urban Demand for Wild Meat in Vietnam

23/01/2016

Just out in PLOS One, a paper (get it HERE!) I co-authored with colleagues at the University of Kent on the preferences of wild meat consumers in Vietnam. The country is a significant consumer of wildlife, particularly wild meat, in urban restaurant settings. To meet this demand, poaching of wildlife is widespread, threatening regional and … [Read more…]

Posted in: Publications Tagged: Asia, bear, bush meat, civet, cobra, consumer, demand, pangolin, paper, research, study, vietnam, wild meat

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