Wildlife over-exploitation is severe in Indonesia, where human resources and funding are inadequate to monitor the wildlife trade and enforce existing protection laws.
Species that are already endangered because of habitat loss and degradation are especially at risk. An estimated 1,000 Orangutans may have been imported into Taiwan for the pet trade between 1985 and 1990, while the naturally rare and endangered humphead wrasse is illegally exported to high-end restaurants as a prized delicacy.
Other species are at risk because they are traded for traditional medicines (e.g. tiger bone and rhinoceros horn) or for decorative objects (e.g. scales from hawksbill turtles).