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How accurate is WildTrace?

In a blind audit of 200 randomly sampled cases, 193 were genuine wildlife-trade enforcement events (96.5%; 95% interval 93.0% to 98.3%), and species were right in 98.4% of them.

96.5% of audited cases are real events (2026-09-29)

meeting remarks1
research feature1
administrative policy1
not wildlife (murder case)1
awareness warning1
antiquities (python-skin manuscript)1
policy (fines)1

Who answers

WildTrace accuracy audit blind random sample of published cases, each judged against its source headlines by a reviewer
Public reports (WildTrace) 194 official, 315 corroborated, 1,391 single report

What the number cannot tell you

Precision is measured; recall (events WildTrace misses) is not, and coverage follows the sources searched.

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Rebuilt daily from the WildTrace data. Cite: Verma, T. K. (2026). WildTrace: the open atlas of illegal wildlife trade. Zenodo. doi:10.5281/zenodo.22902819