Online media seizure reports: A tool to monitor CITES implementation in regulating the international rosewood trade

Current domestic enforcement is found to not coincide with international regulations such as CITES. The role of CITES in regulating the rosewood trade in Thailand is still not effectively acknowledged. It is imperative for individual countries in the region to strengthen domestic legislation whilst also increasing regional cooperation to effectively acknowledge and enforce CITES regulations. The methods used in this study are novel and can be applied for policy management, offering information in a real-time manner which may otherwise be unavailable for timber species.