International media coverage of the Bolivian jaguar trade

[摘要] 1. The trade in jaguar body parts is viewed as an alarming threat to the jaguar, andthere is the assumption that Chinese demand is driving the trade. However, therehas been little analysis of the discourses around the trade both with respect to theChinese public, internationally and in source countries.2. We analysed 298 media articles in Chinese, English and Spanish languages from2010 to 2019, to understand the disparities in reporting of this jaguar trade andwhat impact they would have for jaguar conservation.3. Temporal analysis showed that this trade did not receive global media attentionuntil 2018, despite having taken place for a couple of years. Only four (teeth, skin,head and claws) out of the 15 body parts reported to have been traded had evidence of trade based on seizures.4. Jaguars were viewed positively, while the experiences of local people who sufferlosses from coexisting with jaguars were rarely captured. The claim that the tradewas Chinese driven was strongly and positively associated with whether seizureand arrest evidence was presented in an article, though articles held differentviews on if Chinese companies were involved. English- and Spanish-language articles stated that traditional Chinese medicine was the main use of the jaguar bodyparts and were more likely to mention that this trade was Chinese driven whilejournalistic investigations and narratives from within China were missing.5. This research highlights the evidence gap with respect to media coverage of thejaguar trade, and stresses the need to collaborate with stakeholders whose voicesare less prominent in the articles analysed, such as Chinese communities and localpeople who live around jaguars.

[学科分类] 护理学

[关键词] Bolivia;illegal wildlife trade;Jaguar;media content analysis;Panthera onca