Illegal wildlife trade (IWT) in cybermarkets is a growing issue around the world. Scientists, therefore, are adapting strategies to a new paradigm regarding biodiversity conservation at the internet speed: we need analytical methods in common, sensitize stakeholders, and join efforts to maximize our actions.
I seek for potential illegalities regarding the trade of Brazilian species on the internet and mostly use Web Scraper to sample pages and their content - which I train my "digital robots" to catch.
My main goals are to find, monitor, and expose these marketplaces in order to neutralize advertisements and sensitize public opinion on the risks of digital biopiracy (mostly IWT through internet).
If you know any other method for capturing information on the internet, please, let me know.
Thank you for your help.