Quantifying the global patterns and trends of the illegal wildlife trade: from artificial intelligence to financial market analysis

Project Information

WILDTRADE

Grant agreement ID: 802933

DOI

10.3030/802933

Project closed

EC signature date 3 May 2019

Start date 1 June 2019

End date 31 May 2024

Funded under

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - European Research Council (ERC)

Total cost

€ 1 499 900,00

EU contribution

€ 1 499 900,00

Coordinated by

HELSINGIN YLIOPISTO
Finland

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Deliverables

Open Research Data Pilot (1)

Data Management Plan

Open Research Data Pilot

Publications

Peer reviewed articles (44)

Assessing landowners’ preferences to inform voluntary private land conservation: The role of non-monetary incentives

Author(s): Gonzalo Cortés-Capano, Nick Hanley, Oleg Sheremet, Anna Hausmann, Tuuli Toivonen, Gustavo Garibotto-Carton, Alvaro Soutullo, Enrico Di Minin
Published in: Land Use Policy, Issue 109, 2024, Page(s) 105626, ISSN 0264-8377
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2021.105626

"Responsible use of social media data is needed: A reply to Maya-Jariego et al. ""Plenty of black money: Netnography of illegal recreational underwater fishing in southern Spain"""

Author(s): Valerio Sbragaglia; Ricardo A. Correia; Ricardo A. Correia; Enrico Di Minin; Enrico Di Minin
Published in: Marine Policy, Issue 1, 2021, ISSN 0308-597X
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpol.2021.104780

Using automated content analysis to monitor global online trade in endemic reptile species

Author(s): Jooel Rinne; Ritwik Kulkarni; Andrea Soriano‐Redondo; Ricardo Correia; Enrico Di Minin
Published in: Diversity and Distributions, Issue 3, 2024, ISSN 1472-4642
Publisher: Wiley
DOI: 10.1111/ddi.13771

Harnessing online digital data in biodiversity monitoring

Author(s): Andrea Soriano-Redondo; Ricardo A. Correia; Vijay Barve; Thomas M. Brooks; Stuart H. M. Butchart; Ivan Jarić; Ritwik Kulkarni; Richard J. Ladle; Ana Sofia Vaz; Enrico Di Minin
Published in: Plos Biology, Issue 5, 2024, ISSN 1544-9173
Publisher: Public Library of Science
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3002497

Automated retrieval of information on threatened species from online sources using machine learning

Author(s): Kulkarni, Ritwik; Di Minin, Enrico
Published in: Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 2021, ISSN 2041-210X
Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Inc.
DOI: 10.1111/2041-210x.13608

Using key biodiversity areas to guide effective expansion of the global protected area network

Author(s): Peter Kullberg, Enrico Di Minin, Atte Moilanen
Published in: Global Ecology and Conservation, Issue 20, 2022, Page(s) e00768, ISSN 2351-9894
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.gecco.2019.e00768

Understanding sentiment of national park visitors from social media data

Author(s): Anna Hausmann, Tuuli Toivonen, Christoph Fink, Vuokko Heikinheimo, Ritwik Kulkarni, Henrikki Tenkanen, Enrico Di Minin
Published in: People and Nature, Issue 2/3, 2020, Page(s) 750-760, ISSN 2575-8314
Publisher: British Ecological Society
DOI: 10.1002/pan3.10130

Language-specific hotspots of interest in IUCN Red Listed terrestrial mammals

Author(s): Mika Siljander, Enrico Di Minin, Richard J. Ladle, Ricardo A. Correia
Published in: Journal of Maps, Issue 20, 2024, ISSN 1744-5647
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
DOI: 10.1080/17445647.2024.2429711

Integrating a “One Well-being” approach in elephant conservation: evaluating consequences of management interventions

Author(s): Antoinette Van de Water, Marion Garaï, Matthew Burnett, Michelle Henley, Enrico Di Minin, Jarryd Streicher, Lucy Bates, Rob Slotow
Published in: Ecology and Society, Issue 29, 2024, ISSN 1708-3087
Publisher: The Resilience Alliance
DOI: 10.5751/es-15193-290315

Importance of complementary approaches for efficient vulture conservation: reply to Efrat et al.

Author(s): Andrea Santangeli, Marco Girardello, Evan R. Buechley, Andre Botha, Enrico Di Minin, Atte Moilanen
Published in: Conservation Biology, Issue 34, 2023, Page(s) 1308-1310, ISSN 0888-8892
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1111/cobi.13579

Digital data sources and methods for conservation culturomics

Author(s): Ricardo A. Correia; Richard J. Ladle; Richard J. Ladle; Ivan Jarić; Ivan Jarić; Ana C. M. Malhado; John C. Mittermeier; Uri Roll; Andrea Soriano-Redondo; Andrea Soriano-Redondo; Diogo Veríssimo; Christoph Fink; Anna Hausmann; Jhonatan Guedes-Santos; Reut Vardi; Enrico Di Minin; Enrico Di Minin
Published in: Conservation Biology, Issue 1, 2021, ISSN 0888-8892
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1111/cobi.13706

Carnivores as engines for sustainable development

Author(s): Neil Carter & Enrico Di Minin
Published in: Plos Sustainability and Transformation, 2025, ISSN 2767-3197
Publisher: Plos
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pstr.0000151

The potential for AI to revolutionise conservation: a horizon scan

Author(s): Reynolds, S., Beery, S., Burgess, N., Burgman, M., Butchart, S., Cooke, S., Coomes, D., Danielsen, F., Di Minin, E., Duran, A.P., Gassert, F., Hinsley, A., Jaffer, S., Jones, J.P., Li, B., Mac Aodha, O., Madhavapeddy, A., O’Donnell, S., Oxbury, W., Peck, L., Pettorelli, N., Rodríguez, J.P., Shuckburgh, E., Strassburg, B., Yamashita, H., Zhongqi, M., Sutherland, W
Published in: Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 2025, ISSN 1872-8383
Publisher: Elsevier

Socio-economic predictors of environmental performance among African nations

Author(s): Corey J. A. Bradshaw, Enrico Di Minin
Published in: Scientific Reports, Issue 9, 2024, ISSN 2045-2322
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-45762-3

Exploring the effects of market scarcity on consumers’ demand for rarity in the wildlife trade

Author(s): Anna Hausmann, Gonzalo Cortés-Capano, Enrico Di Minin
Published in: Global Ecology and Conservation, Issue 48, 2024, Page(s) e02744, ISSN 2351-9894
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.gecco.2023.e02744

How is the concept of charisma used in the academic literature about biodiversity conservation? A systematic map protocol

Author(s): Maxim Isaac, Caroline S. Fukushima, Biljana Macura, Enrico Di Minin, Ricardo A. Correia
Published in: Environmental Evidence, Issue 13, 2024, ISSN 2047-2382
Publisher: BioMed Central
DOI: 10.1186/s13750-024-00353-2

A pan-African spatial assessment of human conflicts with lions and elephants

Author(s): Di Minin, Enrico; Slotow, Rob; Fink; Christoph, Bauer, Hans; Packer, Craig
Published in: Nature Communications, 2021, ISSN 2041-1723
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-23283-w

Harnessing social media data to track species range shifts

Author(s): Shawan Chowdhury, Niloy Hawladar, Ripon Roy, César Capinha, Phillip Cassey, Ricardo Correia, Gideon Gywa, Moreno Di Marco, Enrico Di Minin, Ivan Jarić, Richard Ladle, Jonathan Lenoir, Mohammad Momeny, Jooel Rinne, Uri Roll, Aletta Bonn
Published in: EcoEvoRxiv, 2024, ISSN 1523-1739
Publisher: California Digital Library (CDL)
DOI: 10.32942/x2r63n

Mapping the online songbird trade in Indonesia

Author(s): Christoph Fink; Tuuli Toivonen; Tuuli Toivonen; Ricardo A. Correia; Ricardo A. Correia; Enrico Di Minin; Enrico Di Minin
Published in: Applied Geography, Issue 1, 2021, ISSN 0143-6228
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.31235/osf.io/mxkgq

Importance of private and communal lands to sustainable conservation of Africa's rhinoceroses

Author(s): Hayley S Clements, Dave Balfour, Enrico Di Minin
Published in: Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, Issue 21, 2023, Page(s) 140-147, ISSN 1540-9295
Publisher: Ecological Society of America
DOI: 10.1002/fee.2593

The hyena story: from ancient fossils to folktales and witchcraft

Author(s): Mar Cabeza, Miquel Torrents-Ticó, Suvi Viranta, Lars Werdelin
Published in: Annales Zoologici Fennici, Issue 61, 2024, ISSN 0003-455X
Publisher: Finnish Zoological and Botanical Publishing Board
DOI: 10.5735/086.061.0125

Human-elephant coexistence through aligning conservation with societal aspirations

Author(s): Antoinette van de Water, Enrico Di Minin, Rob Slotow
Published in: Global Ecology and Conservation, Issue 37, 2023, Page(s) e02165, ISSN 2351-9894
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.gecco.2022.e02165

Assessing global popularity and threats to Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas using social media data

Author(s): Anna Hausmann, Tuuli Toivonen, Christoph Fink, Vuokko Heikinheimo, Henrikki Tenkanen, Stuart H.M. Butchart, Thomas M. Brooks, Enrico Di Minin
Published in: Science of The Total Environment, Issue 683, 2019, Page(s) 617-623, ISSN 0048-9697
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.05.268

Exploring landowners' perceptions, motivations and needs for voluntary conservation in a cultural landscape

Author(s): Gonzalo Cortés‐Capano, Tuuli Toivonen, Alvaro Soutullo, Andrés Fernández, Caterina Dimitriadis, Gustavo Garibotto‐Carton, Enrico Di Minin
Published in: People and Nature, Issue 2, 2023, Page(s) 840-855, ISSN 2575-8314
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
DOI: 10.1002/pan3.10122

Online sentiment towards iconic species

Author(s): Enrico Di Minin; Enrico Di Minin; Christoph Fink; Anna Hausmann
Published in: Biological Conservation, Issue 2, 2020, ISSN 0006-3207
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2019.108289

Biocultural aspects of species extinctions

Author(s): Richard J. Ladle; Fernanda Alves-Martins; Ana C.M. Malhado; Victoria Reyes-García; Franck Courchamp; Enrico Di Minin; Uri Roll; Ivan Jarić; Ricardo A. Correia
Published in: Cambridge Prisms: Extinction, Vol 1 (2023), Issue 5, 2023, ISSN 2755-0958
Publisher: Wiley
DOI: 10.1017/ext.2023.20

Towards automatic detection of wildlife trade using machine vision models

Author(s): Kulkarni, Ritwik; Minin, Enrico Di
Published in: Biological Conservation, Issue 1, 2023, ISSN 0006-3207
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2023.109924

Inferring public interest from search engine data requires caution

Author(s): Ricardo A Correia, Enrico Di Minin, Ivan Jarić, Paul Jepson, Richard Ladle, John Mittermeier, Uri Roll, Andrea Soriano‐Redondo, Diogo Veríssimo
Published in: Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, Issue 17, 2023, Page(s) 254-255, ISSN 1540-9295
Publisher: Ecological Society of America
DOI: 10.1002/fee.2048

The emergence of private land conservation in scientific literature: A review

Author(s): Alvaro Soutullo; Tuuli Toivonen; Gonzalo Cortés Capano; Gonzalo Cortés Capano; Enrico Di Minin; Enrico Di Minin
Published in: Biological Conservation, Issue 1, 2019, ISSN 0006-3207
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2019.07.010

Tracking worldwide interest in sustainable development goals using culturomics

Author(s): Ricardo A. Correia; Enrico Di Minin
Published in: Plos Sustainability and Transformation, Issue 2, 2023, ISSN 2767-3197
Publisher: Plos
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pstr.0000070

Social media data can inform the Global Biodiversity Framework

Author(s): Andrea Soriano-Redondo, Ricardo A. Correia, Enrico Di Minin
Published in: Biological Conservation, Issue 281, 2024, Page(s) 109993, ISSN 0006-3207
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2023.109993

How to address data privacy concerns when using social media data in conservation science

Author(s): Enrico Di Minin; Enrico Di Minin; Christoph Fink; Anna Hausmann; Jens Kremer; Ritwik Kulkarni
Published in: Conservation Biology, Issue 1, 2021, ISSN 0888-8892
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1111/cobi.13708

Quantitative conservation geography

Author(s): Di Minin, Enrico; Correia, Ricardo; Toivonen, Tuuli
Published in: Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 2022, ISSN 0169-5347
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2021.08.009

Using social media records to inform conservation planning

Author(s): Shawan Chowdhury, Richard A. Fuller, Sultan Ahmed, Shofiul Alam, Corey T. Callaghan, Priyanka Das, Ricardo A. Correia, Moreno Di Marco, Enrico Di Minin, Ivan Jarić, Mahzabin Muzahid Labi, Richard J. Ladle, M. Rokonuzzaman, Uri Roll, Valerio Sbragaglia, Asma Siddika, Aletta Bonn
Published in: Conservation Biology, Issue 38, 2024, ISSN 0888-8892
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1111/cobi.14161

Advancing conservation geography

Author(s): Enrico Di Minin, Ricardo A. Correia, Tuuli Toivonen
Published in: Trends in Ecology & Evolution, Issue 37, 2024, Page(s) 627, ISSN 0169-5347
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2022.04.009

Detecting wildlife trafficking in images from online platforms: A test case using deep learning with pangolin images

Author(s): Ana Sofia Cardoso, Sofiya Bryukhova, Francesco Renna, Luís Reino, Chi Xu, Zixiang Xiao, Ricardo Correia, Enrico Di Minin, Joana Ribeiro, Ana Sofia Vaz
Published in: Biological Conservation, Issue 279, 2024, Page(s) 109905, ISSN 0006-3207
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2023.109905

iEcology: Harnessing Large Online Resources to Generate Ecological Insights

Author(s): Ivan Jarić, Ricardo A. Correia, Barry W. Brook, Jessie C. Buettel, Franck Courchamp, Enrico Di Minin, Josh A. Firth, Kevin J. Gaston, Paul Jepson, Gregor Kalinkat, Richard Ladle, Andrea Soriano-Redondo, Allan T. Souza, Uri Roll
Published in: Trends in Ecology & Evolution, Issue 35/7, 2020, Page(s) 630-639, ISSN 0169-5347
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2020.03.003

Assessing preferences and motivations for owning exotic pets: Care matters

Author(s): Hausmann, Anna; Cortés-Capano, Gonzalo; Fraser, Iain; Di Minin, Enrico
Published in: Biological Conservation, Issue 5, 2023, ISSN 0006-3207
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2023.110007

Dismantling the poachernomics of the illegal wildlife trade

Author(s): Enrico Di Minin; Michael 't Sas Rolfes; Jeanetta Selier; Maxi Louis; Corey J. A. Bradshaw
Published in: Biological Conservation, Issue 1, 2021, ISSN 0006-3207
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2021.109418

Exploring the effects of market scarcity on consumers’ demand for rarity in the wildlife trade

Author(s): Anna Hausmann, Gonzalo Cortes-Capano, Enrico Di Minin
Published in: Global Ecology and Conservation, 2023, ISSN 2351-9894
Publisher: Elsevier BV

Consequences of recreational hunting for biodiversity conservation and livelihoods

Author(s): Enrico Di Minin, Hayley S. Clements, Ricardo A.Correia, Gonzalo Cortés-Capano, Christoph Fink, Anna Haukka, Anna Hausmann, Ritwik Kulkarni, Corey J.A. Bradshaw
Published in: One Earth, 2021, ISSN 2590-3322
Publisher: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/j.oneear.2021.01.014

Online wildlife trade in species of conservation concern

Author(s): Andrea Soriano‐Redondo; Haider Alwasiti; Ritwik Kulkarni; Ricardo A. Correia; Sofiya Bryukhova; Nermalie M. Lita; Lodigario A. Rigor; Darwin R. Tejerero; Theresa M. Tenazas; Enrico Di Minin
Published in: Conservation Letters, Vol 16, Iss 6, Pp n/a-n/a (2023), Issue 1, 2023, ISSN 1755-263X
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc.
DOI: 10.1111/conl.12985

Ethics in biodiversity conservation: The meaning and importance of pluralism

Author(s): Cortés-Capano, Gonzalo; Hausmann, Anna; Di Minin, Enrico; Kortetmäki, Teea
Published in: Biological Conservation, Issue 5, 2023, ISSN 0006-3207
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2022.109759

A protocol for harvesting biodiversity data from Facebook

Author(s): Shawan Chowdhury, Sultan Ahmed, Shofiul Alam, Corey T. Callaghan, Priyanka Das, Moreno Di Marco, Enrico Di Minin, Ivan Jarić, Mahzabin Muzahid Labi, Md. Rokonuzzaman, Uri Roll, Valerio Sbragaglia, Asma Siddika, Aletta Bonn
Published in: Conservation Biology, Issue 38, 2024, ISSN 0888-8892
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1111/cobi.14257

Book chapters (2)

Supporting pangolin conservation through tourism

Author(s): Enrico Di Minin, Anna Hausmann
Published in: Pangolins, 2019, Page(s) 597-606
Publisher: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-815507-3.00038-1

Artificial Intelligence and Crowdsourced Social Media Data for Biodiversity Monitoring and Conservation

Author(s): Nathan Fox, Enrico Di Minin, Neil Carter, Sabina Tomkins, Derek Van Berkel
Published in: Advances in Science, Technology & Innovation, Advancements in Architectural, Engineering, and Construction Research and Practice, 2024, Page(s) 43-50
Publisher: Springer Nature Switzerland
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-59329-1_4