Governance of Biodiversity Conservation in China And Taiwan

Convention on Biological Diversity
(CBD) 61, 74, 76, 81–2, 87, 116
Convention on International Trade in
Endangered Species (CITES) 73, 81
conversion of cropland to
forests/grasslands 57
coordinated development 74, 93
coral reefs 59, 70
corporate social responsibility (CSR)
143, 229
corporatism 134, 137–42, 154, 172
Council of Agriculture (COA, Taiwan)
43, 62, 79–80, 82, 90, 197, 206,
207
Crepaz, M. 139
crested ibis 51, 77
critical habitat of endangered/threatened
species
forests 9, 50, 55–8, 105, 209
legal protection of 71–2, 77
oceans 10, 59, 84
wetlands 11, 51, 58–9, 109, 198
cult of personality 26
Cultural Heritage Preservation Act
(Taiwan) 43, 49, 78, 80
Cultural Revolution 27, 40, 55, 101
cypress 2, 126–7

Dalai Lama 21–2, 168
Dalian 29
dams 59
see alsoThree Gorges Dam, Nujiang
Dam, hydropower development
Dazhai model 27, 55
deBary, William 20
decentralization policies 28–9
see alsoinstitutional framework
deforestation 8–9, 27–8, 35
campaigns against 26, 27, 55–7, 88,
227
endangered species and 9, 50–53, 55,
57
flooding and 24
illegal logging 52, 53, 66n57, 71, 126,
182
logging bans 55–6, 57, 102, 126
democracy 160, 187, 216, 225, 231
Democratic Progressive Party (DPP)
142, 146, 163, 165–6, 186–7, 197,
200–201, 208, 215, 224–5, 231

Deng Xiaoping 12

economic reforms of 28–9, 35, 135,

170

environmental actions 68

Desert Control Volunteers Network 177

desertification 9, 27, 177

‘developmental state’ (Taiwan) 141–2,

195–6

devolution seeinstitutional framework

domestication of wild animals 76–7

Dongzhou 182

Dujiangyan irrigation system 23–4

Dupont 142, 161

eco-tourism 2–3, 113, 118, 119–20, 125,

128, 207

ecological modernization 159–60

economic development

demands on natural resources 11, 80,

198, 209

global implications 170

priority over biodiversity conservation

1–2, 11, 86–7, 92–3, 94, 107,

110, 111, 115–16, 124, 136–7,

195–6, 202

Economy, Elizabeth 85

EDAW 148–9

endangered and threatened species 4–5

classification in China 77

classification in Taiwan 79, 90

distribution 1, 7–8, 44–5, 103–4, 108,

198

examples of, in China 49–54, 209

examples of, in Taiwan 54–5, 198

identification of, in China 39–43, 62,

84

identification of, in Taiwan 43, 46, 62

protection gaps 10–11, 70–71, 77,

180

status, in China 46–9, 62–3, 221

status, in Taiwan 49, 63

energy consumption 9–10, 88, 203, 215

environmental degradation and pollution

9–11, 27–8, 30, 34, 195

economic costs of 4, 86, 88

legacy of 24–5, 27–8, 220–21

see alsoair pollution, water quality,

Mao’s era

environmental education 53, 88–9, 120,

165, 174–9

Index 235