A Typology of Market Sellers of Protected Wildlife Across Peru

Bibliographic Data

ID2153003
AuthorsAntony C Leberatto (Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey, USA, corresponding author)
Year2017
Volume38
Issue12
Pages1352-1370
Publication date2017-12-02
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueDeviant Behavior (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0163-9625 • E-ISSN: 1521-0456
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/01639625.2016.1254963
OpenAlexW2553745890
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited52

This exploratory field investigation describes five categories of sellers (casual, transient, opportunistic, hidden, and professional) who commercialize protected wildlife out of open-air markets across Peru. These categories were created through an analysis of interviews with wildlife market sellers (N = 15), observations across 13 open-air markets where protected wildlife are sold, and interviews with persons involved in wildlife trade processes (N = 45). The market sellers' accounts highlight the changes of Peru's informal wildlife trade and help to contextualize the social, cultural, and economic realities connected to this commerce. Market sellers describe nuanced motivations behind their involvement in the wildlife trade that go beyond economic gains

Business · Casual · Geography · Political science · Typology · Wildlife · Wildlife trade · Geographies of human-animal interactions · Wildlife Conservation and Criminology Analyses · Wildlife Ecology and Conservation · Ecology

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