Conservation genetics and illegal wildlife trade of the red howler monkey (Alouetta seniculus) and the cotton-top tamarin (Saguinus oedipus)

15/11/2022 to 15/11/2022

Illegal wildlife trade(IWT) rates as the third most profitable illegal business in the world and poses threats to biodiversity worldwide. However, combating effectively IWT is stymied by a lack of knowledge on the locations where species are captured. Therefore, the assignment of confiscated animals to their region of origin using genetic data is a useful method to fill this gap. I will develop the tools to do so in two primate species with different ecological and behavioural strategies and unveil the hotspots of IWT by assigning illegally traded individuals to their most likely areas of origin.