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Costing the Earth Podcast – Talking about the illegal wildlife trade

31/10/2018

I was lucky to be part of the last episode of the latest episode of the BBC’s Podcast “Costing the Earth“, which is dedicated to the impact of Chinese Traditional Medicine on Wildlife Trade.  I talked about the potential impacts of the expansion of the use of Traditional Chinese Medicine around the world and the importance of really understanding consumer motivations when trying to influence consumers of traditional medicine products.

http://www.diogoverissimo.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/CostingTheEarth-20181030-TheRealCostOfChineseMedicine.mp3

 

Here is the podcast blurb:

China’s $900bn Belt and Road Initiative is taking Chinese money, expertise and workers all around the world. From South-East Asia all the way to South America, Chinese influence can be spotted at construction sites for roads, dams and railways. Evidence is mounting that this is bad news for rare and endangered species. Local people discover that Chinese workers have an appetite for the skin, bones and teeth of rare creatures for use in so-called Traditional Chinese Medicine. A market is established and before long an illicit trade is established, reaching all the way back to China. The Chinese government has just announced a partial reversal of its 25 year ban on the sale of rhinoceros and tiger parts. That decision is expected to boost the illegal trade in endangered species.

Peter Hadfield has travelled across the world from the Kazakhstan steppe to the markets of Hong Kong, in search of the species threatened by the trade and the buyers of body parts. He discovers a new drive from scientists to create alternative compounds and asks if consumers will accept an artificial option.

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Posted in: In the popular press Tagged: Animal Conservation, behaviour change, Biodiversity, china, Conservation, Diogo Verissimo, illegal, pangolin, Saiga, species, traditional chinese medicine, Wildlife Trade
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