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Enhancing wildlife trade monitoring in the European Union – No need to re-invent the wheel

Zenodo, 13 March 2025: Biodiversity loss is driven by overexploitation and agriculture, with global wildlife trade playing a significant role in natural resource depletion. The trade, encompassing live animals, plants, …

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GLITSS Webinar: Collecting Data on the Marine Ornamental Fish Trade with the EU TRACES Platform

16 December 2024: Our Webinar for the EU COST Action GLITSS (Globalization, Illicit Trade, Sustainability and Security) on the use of the European TRACES (Trade Control and Expert System), an …

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Saving Living Jewels: One Woman’s Mission to Shine a Light on the Ornamental Fish Trade

The Revelator, 4 December 2024 – Marine biologist Monica Biondo has spent more than a decade studying the multibillion-dollar market for these colorful fish, which pulls thousands of species from …

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The EU is the largest importer by value of marine ornamental fishes

ANIMALS, 11 June 2024: Our new scientific study shows that Europe represents the largest share by value of marine ornamental fishes. In 2021 this share constituted 24 million Euro. Between …

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CITES – International Technical Workshop on the Trade of Marine Ornamental Fishes

CITES, 7 – 10 May 2024: Techical worshop in Brisbane, Australia, under the framework of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES; www.cites.org), …

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110 Millionen Meerestiere werden jährlich für Aquarien gefangen – die Hälfte stirbt schon auf dem Lieferweg

GEO, 07.12.2023 – It is surprising and worrying that such a large group of vertebrates can be traded without appropriate regulation and monitoring systems in place, criticised Monica Biondo from …

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Offener Brief anlässlich des geplatzten Grossaquariums «AquaDom»: Weiteres Grossaquarium-Projekt in der Rummelsburger Bucht muss verhindert werden!

20.12.22 – Sehr geehrter Damen und Herren Bezugnehmend auf das geplatzte Grossaquarium «AquaDom», dem grössten Zylinderaquarium der Welt im Radisson Blue in Berlin, möchte ich auf das Vorhaben von Coral …

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Artenschutzkonferenz in Panama – Der lange Weg zum Schutz von Zierfischen

SRF 4 News, 23.11.2022 – Der Handel bedroht manche Arten – ausserdem erfahren Korallenriffe durch Überfischung einen zusätzlichen Stress. LINK: Hier gehts zum Audiobeitrag Worum geht es? Zierfische aus dem …

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Monica Biondo, Meeresbiologin: Über den Sinn und Unsinn von Grossaquarien

Radio Bayern 2, 20.12.2022 – Ein Grossaquarium in einem Berliner Hotel ist explodiert – und hat eine Diskussion über den Sinn solcher Aquarien ausgelöst. Die Meeresbiologin Monica Biondo spricht sich …

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Status of and trends in the use of wild species and its implications for wild species, the environment, and people

IPBES, 07.2022 – The IPBES report on ‘Assessment report on the sustainable use of wild species’ is online: https://ipbes.net/sustainable-use-assessment You can find my contribution to the marine ornamental fish trade …

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