Revised Taxonomic Binomials Jeopardize Protective Wildlife Legislation

doi:10.1111/conl.12289

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	Revised Taxonomic Binomials Jeopardize Protective Wildlife Legislation
	Zhou, Zhao-Min ; Newman, Chris ; Buesching, Christina D.; Meng, Xiuxiang 3; Macdonald, David W.; Zhou, Youbing 2,4
刊名	CONSERVATION LETTERS
	2016
卷号	9 期号:5 页码:313-315
关键词	CITES species taxonomy illegal wildlife trade wildlife law enforcement
ISSN号	1755-263X
DOI	10.1111/conl.12289
文献子类	Article
英文摘要	Due to revised phylogenies and newly discovered biogeographic distributions, scientific binomials are being amended continuously. Problematic is that wildlife protection legislation tends not to keep pace with these reappraisals, creating a wide range of legislative loopholes and potentially compromising ability to prosecute illegal wildlife trade (IWT). This serious and growing international problem proves particularly challenging in China because binomials used on China's national legislation have not been updated since 1989, alongside the enormous issues of IWT in this megadiverse nation. Here, we focus especially on mammals, because these support lucrative criminal markets and receive the greatest international policing efforts; however, all protected taxa are vulnerable to this misnaming ambiguity. To date, the names of 25 threatened species, including 18 mammals, have become incongruent with Chinese law. Additionally, two primate species, newly discovered within China, have not yet been incorporated into Chinese law. A further six mammalian species are known by different synonyms between Chinese law and CITES, hindering international policing and compilation of data on IWT. Taxonomic revisions similarly undermine legislation in other megadiverse countries; posing a critical risk to wildlife protection worldwide. We recommend that scientific binomials must be updated systematically across all 181 CITES signatory nations.
学科主题	Biodiversity Conservation
出版地	HOBOKEN
WOS研究方向	Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED)
语种	英语
出版者	WILEY-BLACKWELL
WOS记录号	WOS:000386354300001
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://ir.ibcas.ac.cn/handle/2S10CLM1/25157]
专题	植被与环境变化国家重点实验室
作者单位	1.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Bot, State Key Lab Vegetat & Environm Change, 20 Nanxincun, Beijing 100093, Peoples R China 2.Renmin Univ China, Sch Environm & Nat Resources, Beijing 100872, Peoples R China 3.Univ Oxford, Dept Zool, Wildlife Conservat Res Unit, Recanati Kaplan Ctr, Oxford, England 4.Yunnan Publ Secur Bur Forests, Kunming, Peoples R China 5.China West Normal Univ, Minist Educ, Key Lab Southwest China Wildlife Resources Conser, Nanchong 637009, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Zhou, Zhao-Min,Newman, Chris,Buesching, Christina D.,et al. Revised Taxonomic Binomials Jeopardize Protective Wildlife Legislation[J]. CONSERVATION LETTERS,2016,9(5):313-315.
APA	Zhou, Zhao-Min,Newman, Chris,Buesching, Christina D.,Meng, Xiuxiang,Macdonald, David W.,&Zhou, Youbing.(2016).Revised Taxonomic Binomials Jeopardize Protective Wildlife Legislation.CONSERVATION LETTERS,9(5),313-315.
MLA	Zhou, Zhao-Min,et al."Revised Taxonomic Binomials Jeopardize Protective Wildlife Legislation".CONSERVATION LETTERS 9.5(2016):313-315.