The evolution of legal controls on rhinoceros products in Hong Kong—an Asian model worth considering

Autor:	Tom Milliken
Rok vydání:	1991
Předmět:	Geography Rhinoceros Socioeconomics Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics Nature and Landscape Conservation
Zdroj:	Oryx. 25:209-214
ISSN:	1365-3008 0030-6053
Popis:	Although commercial international trade in rhinoceros parts, products and derivatives has been prohibited under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora since 1977, trade within national boundaries cannot be regulated under the Convention. As a result illegal trade to supply domestic markets persists and rhinoceros populations continue to decline. Hong Kong was the first government in Asia to address this problem. Over a period of 13 years Hong Kong authorities introduced regulations progressively restricting the trade until in 1989 all aspects of the country's rhino trade became subject to legal prohibitions. Hong Kong's experience offers a valuable model for other Asian countries.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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