Wang, Wenxia, Yang, Liangliang, Wronski, Torsten, Chen, Shaozhi, Hu, Yanjie and Huang, Songlin (2019) Captive breeding of wildlife resources-China's revised supply-side approach to conservation. Wildlife Society Bulletin, 43 (3). pp. 425-435.

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Abstract

The conservation and utilization of wild animals in China often raises public concerns. Thus, the Chinese government is increasingly exploring sustainable development of wildlife resources, and has implemented a series of measures, such as the modification of the Wildlife Protection Law (WPL), implementation of captive breeding licenses, an animal marking system, forest certification, and other actions to regulate captive breeding and utilization of wildlife. At the same time, the government tries to meet the Chinese traditional demand for wildlife products. We first introduce wildlife utilization as an internationally accepted conservation tool, and describe market‐based wildlife farming as a legal substitute for wild‐hunted animals. Second, we highlight the importance of wildlife products in Chinese culture and economy and review some successful examples of wildlife utilization in China, showing that the supply‐side approach is a viable alternative to classical conservation. Subsequently, we outline benefits of, and drawbacks to, China's ‘conservation through utilization’ approach, resulting in the implementation of China's new, revised WPL. We discuss merits and shortcomings of China's revised WPL and respond to recent national and international criticism on China's supply‐side approach to conservation. We strongly propose that captive breeding is a feasible approach to China's wildlife conservation–utilization dilemma, and much work is needed to promote the progress, such as legislation restructure, government attention, duties clarification, and so on. © 2019 The Wildlife Society.

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Additional Information:	This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Wang, W., Yang, L., Wronski, T., Chen, S., Hu, Y. and Huang, S. (2019), Captive breeding of wildlife resources—China's revised supply-side approach to conservation. Wildl. Soc. Bull., 43: 425-435., which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1002/wsb.988. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions. This article may not be enhanced, enriched or otherwise transformed into a derivative work, without express permission from Wiley or by statutory rights under applicable legislation. Copyright notices must not be removed, obscured or modified. The article must be linked to Wiley’s version of record on Wiley Online Library and any embedding, framing or otherwise making available the article or pages thereof by third parties from platforms, services and websites other than Wiley Online Library must be prohibited.
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Science & Technology; Life Sciences & Biomedicine; Biodiversity Conservation; Biodiversity & Conservation; Chinese Wildlife Protection Law; conservation through utilization; game farming; mammals; wildlife consumption; SUSTAINABLE USE; TRADE; AWARENESS; EXPLOITATION; CONSUMPTION; Science & Technology; Life Sciences & Biomedicine; Biodiversity Conservation; Biodiversity & Conservation; Chinese Wildlife Protection Law; conservation through utilization; game farming; mammals; wildlife consumption; SUSTAINABLE USE; TRADE; EXPLOITATION; AWARENESS; Chinese Wildlife Protection Law; conservation through utilization; game farming; mammals; wildlife consumption; Ornithology; 0502 Environmental Science and Management; 0608 Zoology; 1605 Policy and Administration
Subjects:	Q Science > QH Natural history > QH301 Biology Q Science > QH Natural history > QH426 Genetics Q Science > QL Zoology
Divisions:	Biological & Environmental Sciences (from Sep 19)
Publisher:	Wiley
SWORD Depositor:	A Symplectic
Date Deposited:	18 Nov 2022 09:51
Last Modified:	18 Nov 2022 10:00
DOI or ID number:	10.1002/wsb.988
URI:	https://researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/17353

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