Wang, Yifu;
Turvey, Samuel T;
Leader-Williams, Nigel;
(2023)
Global biodiversity conservation requires Traditional Chinese Medicine trade to be sustainable and well-regulated.
Global Change Biology
, 28
(23)
pp. 6847-6856.
10.1111/gcb.16425.
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Abstract
Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is highlighted by conservation practitioners as an ongoing threat to many overharvested plant and animal species, including several charismatic threatened vertebrates. However, studies that provide evidence-based and practical recommendations on how to better regulate the TCM trade for sustainability and biodiversity conservation remain limited. China is the biggest promotor of and market for TCM and understanding the TCM trade in China is important for global biodiversity conservation. In particular, conservation researchers need to better understand how the TCM trade and its regulations interact with China's development needs and should collaborate with TCM communities to propose locally adapted suggestions to decision makers. However, progress in these areas has been restricted by language, cultural, and knowledge barriers. In this paper, we provide an overview of the current status of TCM-related regulations in China, identify weaknesses in regulation frameworks, and highlight issues that currently limit our understanding of the magnitude, dynamics, and impact of the trade. We propose changes in trade regulations, actions to enhance law enforcement, and future research directions to encourage a more sustainable TCM trade that benefits both global biodiversity conservation and TCM development.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Global biodiversity conservation requires Traditional Chinese Medicine trade to be sustainable and well-regulated |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1111/gcb.16425 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.16425 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © 2022 The Authors. Global Change Biology published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non-commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made. |
| Keywords: | China, demand reduction, evidence-based policy, sustainability, traditional Chinese medicine, wildlife trade |
| UCL classification: | UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences > Div of Biosciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10155290 |
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