Changing legislative thinking in China to better protect wild animals and human health. Issue 1 (29th September 2021)
- Record Type:
- Journal Article
- Title:
- Changing legislative thinking in China to better protect wild animals and human health. Issue 1 (29th September 2021)
- Main Title:
- Changing legislative thinking in China to better protect wild animals and human health
- Authors:
- Fang, Guirong
Liu, Hong
Wu, Ka
Wei, Tongqing
Wang, Qing - Abstract:
- Abstract: The COVID‐19 pandemic has exposed the inadequacy of China's legal protection of wildlife. Long‐standing illegal wildlife trade in China and worldwide increases the risk of zoonotic infectious diseases. We sought to improve the understanding of China' legal system for the protection of wildlife, which has at its core the wildlife protection law, by systematically evaluating the laws and regulations of China's Wildlife Protection Framework. We examined how existing legal documents (e.g., the Wildlife Protection Law 2018) are directly or indirectly related to wildlife conservation. The inherent defects of wildlife protection legislation include a narrow scope of protection, insufficient public participation, and inconsistent enforcement among responsible agencies. Solutions to improve China's Wildlife Protection Law include expanding the legal protection of wildlife, and improving monitoring of wildlife protection. Strengthening legislation will be the basis for effective regulation of the use of wild animals. We advocate the establishment of a sound wildlife protection legal system for resolving conflicts between humans and wild animals and preventing zoonotic disease, such a system will have a profound impact on the sustainable development of China's wildlife resources. Abstract : Article impact statement : Laws play an important role in protecting wildlife; failure to enact science‐based laws does the opposite. Abstract : Cambios en el Pensamiento Legislativo enAbstract: The COVID‐19 pandemic has exposed the inadequacy of China's legal protection of wildlife. Long‐standing illegal wildlife trade in China and worldwide increases the risk of zoonotic infectious diseases. We sought to improve the understanding of China' legal system for the protection of wildlife, which has at its core the wildlife protection law, by systematically evaluating the laws and regulations of China's Wildlife Protection Framework. We examined how existing legal documents (e.g., the Wildlife Protection Law 2018) are directly or indirectly related to wildlife conservation. The inherent defects of wildlife protection legislation include a narrow scope of protection, insufficient public participation, and inconsistent enforcement among responsible agencies. Solutions to improve China's Wildlife Protection Law include expanding the legal protection of wildlife, and improving monitoring of wildlife protection. Strengthening legislation will be the basis for effective regulation of the use of wild animals. We advocate the establishment of a sound wildlife protection legal system for resolving conflicts between humans and wild animals and preventing zoonotic disease, such a system will have a profound impact on the sustainable development of China's wildlife resources. Abstract : Article impact statement : Laws play an important role in protecting wildlife; failure to enact science‐based laws does the opposite. Abstract : Cambios en el Pensamiento Legislativo en China para Mejorar la Protección a los Animales Silvestres y la Salud Humana Resumen: La pandemia de COVID‐19 ha expuesto la insuficiencia de la protección legal de la fauna en China. El prolongado mercado ilegal de fauna en China y en todo el mundo incrementa el riesgo de enfermedades zoonóticas infecciosas. Buscamos mejorar el entendimiento del sistema legal de China para la protección de la fauna, el cual tiene como núcleo la ley de protección de fauna, mediante la evaluación sistemática de las leyes y regulaciones del Marco de Protección a la Fauna de China. Examinamos cómo los documentos legales existentes (p. ej.: la Ley de Protección de Fauna 2018) están relacionados directa o indirectamente con la conservación de la fauna. Los defectos inherentes de la legislación para la protección de fauna incluyen una visión reducida de la protección, una participación pública insuficiente y el cumplimiento inconsistente entre las agencias responsables. Las soluciones para mejorar la Ley de Protección de Fauna incluyen la expansión de la protección legal de fauna y el aumento al monitoreo de la protección de fauna. El fortalecimiento de la legislación será la base para la regulación efectiva del uso de animales silvestres. Abogamos por el establecimiento de un firme sistema legal de protección a la fauna para resolver los conflictos entre los humanos y los animales silvestres y también para prevenir las enfermedades zoonóticas. Dicho sistema tendrá un impacto profundo sobre el desarrollo sustentable de los recursos faunísticos de China. 中国须转变立法思路以更好保护野生动物与人类健康: COVID‐19的大流行暴露了中国对野生动物法律保护的不足。在中国和世界范围内, 长期存在的非法野生动物贸易增加了人畜共患传染病的风险。我们试图通过系统评析中国野生动物保护的法律框架, 加深对以野生动物保护法为核心的野生动物保护法律体系的认识, 全面审视现行法律文件(如《2018年野生动物保护法》)是如何直接或间接保护野生动物的。当前中国野生动物保护立法的固有缺陷包括保护范围过窄, 公众参与不足, 以及主管部门之间监管欠缺协调性等。中国完善《野生动物保护法》应着重于扩大对野生动物的法律保护, 以及加强对野生动物保护的监督等等。加强立法是有效监管野生动物资源利用的基础。我们主张, 建立健全野生动物保护法律体系, 有助于解决人与野生动物之间的冲突, 有效预防人畜共患传染病, 并对中国野生动物资源的可持续发展将产生深远影响 … (more)
- Is Part Of:
- Conservation biology. Volume 36:Issue 1(2022)
- Journal:
- Conservation biology
- Issue:
- Volume 36:Issue 1(2022)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 36, Issue 1 (2022)
- Year:
- 2022
- Volume:
- 36
- Issue:
- 1
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2022-0036-0001-0000
- Page Start:
- n/a
- Page End:
- n/a
- Publication Date:
- 2021-09-29
- Subjects:
- biodiversity -- China -- COVID‐19 -- illegal trade -- public health -- Wildlife Protection Law -- biodiversidad -- China -- COVID‐19 -- Ley de Protección de Fauna -- mercado ilegal -- salud pública -- COVID‐19 -- 非法贸易 -- 野生动物保护法 -- 公共健康 -- 生物多样性 -- 中国。
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http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/ ↗ - DOI:
- 10.1111/cobi.13837 ↗
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