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Cambodia was told to clean up its monkey trade. Regulators say it still hasn’t

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Global wildlife trade authorities warn Cambodia has made minimal progress in cleaning up its long-tailed macaque export industry, a year after CITES issued reform recommendations in November 2025. A USFWS five-year investigation previously found substantial evidence of monkey farms laundering wild-caught monkeys as captive-bred, raising concerns about zoonotic disease spillover and wild population decline. The CITES Standing Committee meeting in Geneva on Nov. 2-6 will assess these reforms, with countries failing to meet standards risking trade bans. While monkey poaching has reportedly declined, the article notes that population and habitat declines occurred over the last three decades.

Key points

• CITES issued a series of recommendations to Cambodia in November 2025 regarding the capture, breeding, and export of long-tailed macaques used in biomedical research.
• A USFWS five-year investigation found substantial evidence of Cambodian monkey farms laundering wild-caught monkeys as captive-bred, raising zoonotic disease spillover risks.

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The article was originally published on Mongabay in October 2026, and the evidence provided is untrusted data. Coverage is limited to the specific CITES recommendations and USFWS findings; it does not contain details on specific reform timelines, exact numbers of affected macaques, or the current status of the Nov. 2-6 Geneva meeting outcomes.

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