Submitted by
michaelmike.hoffmann
on Fri, 08/27/2021 - 15:50
General Information
Period covered
IUCN Constituent
IUCN SSC Bear Specialist Group 2017-2020
Activities carried out to implement this Resolution
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Scientific/technical activities
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Published study to understand patterns of bear bile consumption in China, based on a survey from 3,646 members of the public, 80 pharmacy workers and 38 Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) doctors in four provincial capital cities. Second complementary study in review using an anonymous online survey of 1421 Traditional Chinese Medicine consumers in China to investigate switching between legal farmed, synthetic, and illegal wild bear bile. Further extensive field work in two provinces (Jilin and Sichuan) and surveying bear farms to understand the supply side.
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On-going
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Actors involved in these activities
IUCN Commissions
1F5DC7B3-D2A1-E611-B6EC-005056BA6623
IUCN Secretariat
No
Other non-IUCN related organisations
University of Oxford; Sun Yat-Sen University; Massey University; Central South University of Forestry & Technology; China Association of Traditional Chinese Medicine; National Forestry and Grassland Administration
Report status
Published