A TOPSIS-Based Study of State Agency Selection and Species Conservation for Wildlife Conservation

Abstract

Illegal trade in wildlife has serious impacts on ecosystems, the world's environment and other aspects, including species endangerment and extinction, loss of biodiversity, ecosystem destruction, public health risks and illegal activities and crime. These impacts not only jeopardize the ecological balance and the ecosystem, but also pose a threat to human health and social stability. In order to select suitable countries for wildlife protection, this paper proposes five evaluation indicators: financial resources, human resources, technical support, professionalism and experience, and international influence, and constructs a five-dimensional illegal animal trade evaluation model based on the tosis model. By calculating the data of each region, the regional changes of illegal wildlife trade were demonstrated by using spatial geographic information visualization tools. The results show that China and Indonesia are the most frequent and typical regions of illegal wildlife trade. Then, through descriptive statistical analysis, the data showed that the most illegally traded species were Reptilia, Actinopteri, and Anyhozoa. The above results indicate that there is an urgent need to protect wildlife in China and Indonesia. Also, the international community needs to make joint efforts to strengthen regulation and law enforcement to combat illegal trade in wildlife.