- See Jiang, Zhigang (2004), ‘Wildlife conservation in China: policy, practice and prospects’,
in Jiang Zhigang (ed.), Key Topics in Biodiversity and its Conservation, Beijing: China
Academy of Sciences, 14-page loose-leaf folder. - Ibid. See also J. Peng, Z. Jiang and J. Hu (2001), ‘Status and conservation of giant panda
(Ailuropoda melanoleuca),Folia Zoologica, (in press). - The WWF has supported monitoring in 15 panda reserves and two forest farms in Sichuan,
Shaanxi, and Gansu. See WWF (2003), 2001–03 WWF China Programme Report, Beijing:
WWF, p. 15. - Liu, Jianguo et al. (2001), ‘Ecological degradation in protected areas: the case of Wolong
Nature Reserve for giant pandas’, Science, 292 (5514), 6 April, p. 98. See also Colby Loucks
et al. (2001), ‘Giant pandas in a changing landscape’, Science, 294 (5546), 16 November,
p. 1465, and Environment News Service (2001), ‘Endangered pandas not safe in Chinese
nature reserve’, 6 April; accessed at http://forests.org/archive/asia/ enpannot.htm. - Personal interview with zoologist, Beijing University, 12 January, 2005.
- Jiang, Zhigang (2001), and X. Li, M. Li and J. Lu (1996), ‘Population viability analyses of
crested ibis’, Chinese Biodiversity, 2 , 69–77 (in Chinese with English summary). - Ma, Lao (2005), ‘Rare species freed in wilderness’,China Daily, which cited Zhu Julong,
deputy director of the Shaanxi Provincial Forestry Bureau, 6 September, p. 2. - Ibid.
- Jiang, op cit, n. 24, and J. Seidensticker, S. Christie and P. Jackson (1999), Riding the Tiger,
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. - A China representative of Trade Record Analysis of Flora and Fauna in Commerce
(TRAFFIC) explained the demand for pelts:
‘There is a problem with big cats. Few are left in China, and they are a problem mainly
in Lhasa, Tibet. A minority group there, the cangze want to use big cat skins to make
clothes. About 38 big cats were killed for their skins. Now that the people have money,
they want to make their traditional clothes. Their custom is to use animal fur for
trimming clothing.’ (Personal interview, Beijing, 1 July, 2004.) - Personal interview with zoologist and member of the Endangered Species Scientific
Commission, Beijing, 5 July, 2004. - Jiang, op cit, n. 24.
- Personal interview with golden-haired monkey specialist (by phone), Yunnan Province,
28 March, 2004. - Ibid.
- See Schaller, George B. (1998), ‘Wildlife conservation in the Chang Tang Reserve, Tibet’,
in Wu Ning, Daniel Miller, Lu Zhi and Jenny Springer (eds), Tibet’s Biodiversity:
Conservation and Management, Lhasa, Tibet: China Forestry Publishing House,
pp. 22–23. - Ibid, p. 23.
- The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) in China has supported local nature
reserves and forestry police on the Tibetan plateau in their anti-poaching efforts. It
conducted a global investigation of illegal trade and markets for shahtoosh, produced public
education materials, and conducted training workshops for the SFA, SEPA and forestry
police. The IFAW conducted an undercover investigation of illegal antelope pelts in the
international market and its report, ‘Wrap Up That Trade’ called on the fashion industry and
consumers to eliminate market demand for shahtoosh. See IFAW (2004), International Fund
for Animal Welfare in China, Beijing: IFAW, p. 5, and Wang Ying (2004), ‘Poachers
threatening antelopes’ survival’, China Daily, 30 October, p. 4. CITES officials in China,
however, claim that there is little demand in China for the apparel (personal interview,
Beijing, 5 April, 2004.) - Wang Ying, ibid, p. 4.
- See http://www.angelfire.com/mo2/animals1/crocodile/chinall.html, last accessed 29 July,
2005. - Personal interview, representative of IFAW, Beijing, 27 June, 2004. See also, IFAW, op cit,
n. 40, p. 7.
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