TY - T1 - Illegal wildlife trade in the Himalayan region of China SN - / UR - http://hdl.handle.net/1975/218 T3 - A1 - Li, Y.; Gao, Z.; Li, X.; Wang, S.; Niemelä, J. A2 - PB - Kluwer Academic Publishers Y1 - 2000 LA - eng AB - The Himalayan region of China, with its rich biodiversity, used to be important for hunting and collecting of medicinal plants. In the past decades, conservation attitudes and legislation for wildlife conservation have developed rapidly in China. Increasing numbers of species are listed in the state protection list and local protection lists. In the Himalayan region, the area of natural reserves is high accounting for 70% of total area of natural reserves in China. However, wildlife in Himalayan... VO - IS - SP - OP - KW - biodiversity; CITES; Giant panda; legislation; illegal wildlife trade; Saker; Falcon; Himalayan region N1 - PP - ER -