Poachers and wildlife traffickers are targeting newly discovered species of value by reviewing reported findings made to scientific journals. In response, many journals are removing location details from papers.
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Very difficult to avoid. If you know well the group of plants or animals you are looking for, with an approximate locality and some effort you will find it.
Sincerely,
Jean-Michel.
This is a same problem that most conservation, taxonomic, photographers are encountering in Facebook groups platforms. In Facebook groups or page, it is easier to regulate since there is an Admin/s per group or page therefore the entry of guests and members is known and identified by administrator. in the Case of RG, I agree with Jean that it is very difficult to regulate admission of the poachers. However, RG provides every account the data (Stats) who interacted, read, download, or request your paper. Perhaps, the regulation will depend on every authors who uploaded their paper.
I am in conformity to what Krizler C. Tanalgo said, it is surely difficult to control admission of the poachers.
Thank you very much everyone for the comments. We must be aware of the anonymous researchers registered in RG who are seeking data and information of rare and threatened species. The idea is not to provide information to those people.
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