{"id":36878,"date":"2020-02-27T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-02-27T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadialogue.net\/en\/nature\/11878-podcast-pangolins-poverty-and-porous-borders\/"},"modified":"2024-04-16T15:28:15","modified_gmt":"2024-04-16T15:28:15","slug":"36878-11878-podcast-pangolins-poverty-and-porous-borders","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/nature\/36878-11878-podcast-pangolins-poverty-and-porous-borders\/","title":{"rendered":"Pangolins, poverty and porous borders"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Chinese demand for pangolins has created an international smuggling network that stretches all the way to Africa. Countries bordering China, such as Myanmar and Nepal, are often used as transit routes, with smugglers benefiting from their lack of resources to properly enforce anti-trafficking laws. Pangolins are also native to many of these countries, and poaching is a tempting way to make a bit of extra cash, especially for people in poorer, rural regions. But are they the real criminals here? What about the big-time smugglers at the top of the pyramid? How much are they making, and what\u2019s the best way to stop them?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Find out more on <a href=\"https:\/\/sustainableasia.co\/\">Sustainable Asia<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Episode two of the Pangolin Reports by Sustainable Asia looks at how demand in China is affecting other Asian countries<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":60761,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","categories":[764],"tags":[527,539],"country":[],"class_list":["post-36878","podcast","type-podcast","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nature","tag-crime","tag-endangered-species"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.0 (Yoast SEO v26.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Pangolins, poverty and porous borders<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Episode two of the Pangolin Reports by Sustainable Asia looks at how demand in China is 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