The State of Wildlife Trade in China

Information on the Trade in Wild Animals and Plants in China 2007

Xu Ling, Liu Xueyan, Meng Meng, Yin Feng, Dick Tong, Timothy Lam, Xu Hongfa, Joyce Wu

The State of Wildlife Trade in China

This edition aims to highlight wildlife trade trends in threatened and at-risk wildlife from the past year, with an emphasis on the impact of China’s consumption on globally important biodiversity ‘hotspots.’ Surveys in 2007 found that while illegal trade in ivory continues to take place in China,...