Recently, the world's last male northern white rhino has died leaving only two females left to save the subspecies from extinction. It is again alarming us what a severe situation wildlife animals or plants is facing. Worldwide, one in every three species of amphibian is endangered, 39 species have gone extinct in the last 500 years and another 130 species are suspected to have gone extinct in recent decades.

All the small circles represent for countries with no report of wildlife trade, which means either they are not officially listed for international wildlife regulation, or the data is missing. From the current data, we can see that most wildlife are exported from Asia, South Africa, and Africa. This fact raises our concern for the current status of wildlife in these continents. However, since the current data is not very complete, it’s very hard to use it to study its relationship with the potential impact on biodiversity or the economy of these continents.

Japan, China, and the United States are the biggest importers of wildlife. The amount of total quantity of wildlife trade from these three countries is tremendously greater than the other countries, which is about more than 50% of the overall international wildlife traded.