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The harvest of wildlife for bushmeat and traditional medicine in East, South and Southeast Asia: current knowledge base, challenges, opportunities and areas for future research.

Published online: 13 Jan 2016

Authors: Lee TienMing & Sigouin, A. & Pinedo-Vasquez, M. & Nasi, R.

Content type: Bulletin

Bushmeat has always provided a source of nutrition and traditional medicine for local people throughout Asia; this important resource is becoming incr...

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A better understanding of traditional Chinese medicine can enable conservationists to improve wildlife outcomes.

Published online: 14 Nov 2020

Authors: Cheung, H. & Doughty, H. & Hinsley, A. & Hsu, E. & Lee TienMing & Milner-Gulland, E. J. & Possingham, H. P. & Biggs, D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

The diversity of human cultures and traditions means that people in different parts of the world use wildlife products in unique ways. People use wild...

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Medicine, black magic and supernatural beings: cultural rituals as a significant threat to slender lorises in India.

Published online: 08 Aug 2022

Authors: Gnanaolivu, S. D. & Campera, M. & Nekaris, K. A. I. & Nijman, V. & Roopa Satish & Sharath Babu & Mewa Singh

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Trade of wildlife for use in traditional medicines, rituals, magical spells and cultural practices occurs globally and has been studied mostly in Afri...

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Understanding traditional Chinese medicine to strengthen conservation outcomes.

Published online: 29 Oct 2021

Authors: Cheung, H. & Doughty, H. & Hinsley, A. & Hsu, E. & Lee TienMing & Milner-Gulland, E. J. & Possingham, H. P. & Biggs, D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Numerous treatments in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) involve the use of wildlife products, including some that utilize ingredients derived from e...

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Combining data from consumers and traditional medicine practitioners to provide a more complete picture of Chinese bear bile markets.

Published online: 29 Oct 2021

Authors: Hinsley, A. & Hu SiFan & Chen HaoChun & Garshelis, D. & Hoffmann, M. & Lee TienMing & Moyle, B. & Qiu YingJie & Ruan XiangDong & Wan KarYan [Wan, K. Y. A.] & Zhou JieMin & Milner-Gulland, E. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Understanding wildlife consumption is essential for the design and evaluation of effective conservation interventions to reduce illegal trade. This re...

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Chinese Loess Plateau vegetation since the Last Glacial Maximum and its implications for vegetation restoration.

Published online: 10 Apr 2013

Authors: Jiang WenYing & Cheng YuFen & Yang XiaoXiao & Yang ShiLing

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

China has been investing heavily in afforestation programmes to control soil erosion on the vast Chinese Loess Plateau (CLP). This massive afforestati...

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International media coverage of the Bolivian jaguar trade.

Published online: 08 Aug 2022

Authors: Li YuHan & Arias, M. & Hinsley, A. & Milner-Gulland, E. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

The trade in jaguar body parts is viewed as an alarming threat to the jaguar, and there is the assumption that Chinese demand is driving the trade. Ho...

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Assessing individual patterns of Echinococcus multilocularis infection in urban coyotes: non-invasive genetic sampling as an epidemiological tool.

Published online: 01 Apr 2015

Authors: Liccioli, S. & Rogers, S. & Greco, C. & Kutz, S. J. & Chan, F. & Ruckstuhl, K. E. & Massolo, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In epidemiological studies of wildlife parasites, faecal genotyping has been introduced to prevent bias in estimates of parasite prevalence from faeca...

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Changing exploitation threatens Chinese giant salamanders.

Published online: 26 Feb 2021

Published by: British Ecological Society

Authors: Turvey, S. T. & Chen Shu & Tapley, B. & Liang ZhiQiang & Wei Gang & Yang Jian & Wang Jie & Wu MinYao & Redbond, J. & Brown, T. & Cunningham, A. A.

Content type: Miscellaneous

A series of large-scale social science interview surveys across the range of giant salamanders (Andrias) in China was conducted to understand levels o...

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People-nature interactions through the Lens of local ecological knowledge: an illustration on agroforests in Madagascar.

Published online: 28 Sep 2021

Published by: British Ecological Society

Authors: Mariel, J. & Carrière, S. M. & Penot, E. & Danthu, P. & Rafidison, V. & Labeyrie, V.

Content type: Miscellaneous

This research deals with farmers' knowledge on plant diversity management in agroforests through the case study of the Betsimisaraka farmers on the No...

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