International Trade of Peccaries and
Conservation Status.
Marina Rosales
Benites de Franco
Faculty of
Geographic Engineering, Environment and Ecotourism
Federico Villarreal University
Accepted 13th March, 2016; Available
Online 19th March, 2016.
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Abstract:
Pecari tajacu Linnaeus, 1758 "Collared Peccary" and Tayassu pecari Link, 1795 "
White-lipped Peccary" populations of Peru have low ecological
sustainability to maintain international trade of their skins from
livelihood, subsistence hunting. This economic activity is not managed with
sustainable approach. The international trade of their skins adversely
affects its conservation status, considering also the cumulative effects
caused by deforestation, pollution from mining and oil areas. It is important
to recognize that peccary’s populations and their habitats have not been
managed in the field. It is proposed to categorize the Peruvian populations
of P. tajacu and T. pecari in Vulnerable
situation, manage subsistence hunting through areas of communal management in
situ, promoting governance of indigenous and local populations and fill the
gaps in their policies and management of these populations by regulations.
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ARTICLE TITLE: International Trade of Peccaries and Conservation Status
AUTHOR: Dr. Marina Rosales Benites de Franco
OTHERS: Vol.1(5) 2016, Article
ID wesee_167, 519-532, 2016.
