The five bird species selected for the study are the endemic Tanimbar corella, the palm cockatoo, the salmon-crested cockatoo and the yellow-crested cockatoo – all of which are listed in Appendix I of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna (CITES) and are challenging to breed in large quantities in closed environments – as well as the non-endemic Africa. [...] For example, the smuggling of various protected birds from Papua to Jakarta in May 2021 involved an airline pilot and others from the Indonesian National Military.30 Corruption is an integral part of any IWT supply chain and may occur during the physical transportation of protected birds from sellers to buyers, the laundering of proceeds or the bribing of law enforcement officers during the prosec. [...] THE HARMS OF THE ILLEGAL BIRD TRADE IN INDONESIA 5 Overview of the threat posed by trade to the five monitored species Tanimbar corella (Cacatua goffiniana) have existed in 1950, the species is only The Tanimbar corella is native to the present in 76 locations on 27 islands, Banda Sea Islands of Yamdena and while another 68 islands experienced Larat (Tanimbar) with an introduced extinctions betwee. [...] For example, the trade in all protected plant and animal species referred to in the decree of the Ministry of Environment and Forestry is banned. [...] This is evident not just in the frequency of advertisements on Facebook as compared to other e-commerce and social media platforms but in the number of members in each group, the number of groups, the sophistication of the illicit culture within them (for example, training new members to use code words) and the ease with which moderators can start new groups and re-form their community of members.
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