Missing teeth: Discordances in the trade of hippo ivory between Africa and Hong Kong

As the global epicentre of wildlife trade, Hong Kong plays an important role in the preservation or demise of biodiversity, including species found continents away. If mismanaged, legal trade in threatened species can lead to unsustainable exploitation. Inaccurate and incomplete trade records from the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora ( CITES ) undermine the regulation of this trade. We examine the...