2018-03-122024-05-13https://scholars.lib.ntu.edu.tw/handle/123456789/651728Abstract: Poorly regulated wildlife trade has resulted in detrimental consequences such as population declines of many species. One of the keys to successful wildlife management is to understand the trade over spaces. Among all the wildlife, marine species are the first group of animals that the transportation industry voluntarily took actions in their conservation through transportation bans. This reveals a possibility that the trade in wildlife can be managed by regulating their cargo transports. In this study, we aim to (1) investigate the relationship between cargo transportation capacity and the trade volume, and (2) identify the most critical air cargo routes that regulations can target on for protected marine species. We will collect open-accessed global cargo flight data, official wildlife trade records, and historical news reports of illegal wildlife trade seizures. For the first objective, we will employ the gravity model of trade to test the hypothesis that the increasing cargo transportation capacity will also increase the trade volume of marine species, for both legal and illegal trade. For the second objective, we will test the impacts of disrupting critical cargo routes by considering the network topology of cargo and trade networks. Our study will provide insights to wildlife management at a global scale.