Submitted by
hoffmannm
on Fri, 08/27/2021 - 15:50
General Information
Resolution
44106
IUCN Constituent
IUCN SSC Bear Specialist Group 2017-2020
Period covered
Geographic scope
South and East Asia
Country/Territory
China
Actors involved in implementing this Resolution:
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
II. Implementation
Activities carried out to implement this Resolution
Activity
Scientific/technical activities
Description and results/achievements of activities:
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.
Status
On-going
Please report on the result /achievement of the actions taken
First major output published mid-2021 (Hinsley et al. 2021); second key output currently in review. Others in preparation.
Identify and briefly describe what future actions/activities are planned for the implementation of this Resolution
Future action / activity
Scientific/technical activities
Description
Ongoing work to summarize results of field work and supply side studies.
III. Additional Information
Report status
Published