Cross-border itinerant poaching of agarwood in Hong Kong’s peri-urban forests

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• poaching 93%
• border 59%
• endangered species 33%
• crime 24%
• harvest 18%
• smuggling 16%
• prosecution 15%
• CITES 15%
• political system 14%
• protected species 13%
• law enforcement 13%
• international trade 12%
• habitat loss 11%
• subpopulation 11%
• nature conservation 10%
• seed 8%
• wildlife 8%
• price 8%
• Asia 8%
• regulation 7%
• erosion 6%
• demand 6%
• loss 5%

Agriculture & Biology

• urban forests 100%
• China 38%
• endangered species 30%
• crime 27%
• trade regulations 17%
• Aquilaria sinensis 16%
• law enforcement 15%
• Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species 14%
• protected species 13%
• international trade 11%
• natural resources conservation 11%
• habitat destruction 11%
• factor analysis 10%
• tree trunk 9%
• wildlife 9%
• seeds 5%