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HKU’s Conservation Forensics Lab revealed thousands of species traded legally through Hong Kong with inadequate traceability leading to unnoticed over-exploitation of common species
Top three import and export countries/territories for each wildlife trade category from 1997 to 2016 by total US$ trade value.
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