Domestic and CITES regulations controlling the international snake trade in China

ORYX

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 532-534

  Jiang, Zhigang ^a,e,f   Zhou, Zhihua ^b   Meng, Zhibin ^a,e   Meng, Xianlin ^b   Li, Linlin ^a,f   Ping, Xiaoge ^a   Zeng, Yan ^a,e   Mallon, David P ^c,d  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b Endangered Species Import and Export Management Office of the People's Republic of China   (China)

^c MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d IUCN Species Survival Commission   (United Kingdom)

^e Endangered Species Scientific Commission of the People's Republic of China   (China)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

China; CITES; international trade; Ptyas mucosus; snake

Indexed keywords

CITES; DATABASE; IMPORT; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; SNAKE; SUSTAINABILITY;

CHINA;

EID: 84885016323     PISSN: 00306053     EISSN: 13653008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0030605313000057     Document Type: Article

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