Source country
Definition
A country where wild animals or plants are poached or collected illegally. Typically biodiversity-rich, with weak enforcement capacity relative to the value of the species on illegal markets.
Related terms
- Commodity substitution
- The replacement of one trafficked species with another as enforcement tightens or consumer preferences shift. Pangolin scale volumes rose sharply as ivory...
- Conflict wildlife
- Wildlife products, particularly ivory, traded by armed groups to finance military operations. Documented in central and East Africa, where poaching revenue has...
- Consumer country
- A country where illegal wildlife products reach their final buyers. Consumer demand drives the entire supply chain upstream.
- Transit country
- A country used to move, process, or repackage wildlife products between source and consumer markets. Often chosen for port geography, customs vulnerability,...
- UNODC World Wildlife Crime Report
- The UN Office on Drugs and Crime's flagship analysis of global wildlife trafficking, synthesising seizure data and market intelligence. First published in...
Explained in
- Scale and Structure of the Illegal Wildlife TradeA country where wild animals or plants are poached or collected illegally. Typically biodiversity-rich, with weak enforcement capacity relative to the value of...