Opportunities to improve China’s biodiversity protection laws

Li, Xiushan; Wang, Yu; YouQing, Luo; Wen, Junbao; Li, Houhun; Gottschalk, Eckhard; Settele, Josef; Schweiger, Oliver

doi:10.1038/s41559-021-01422-2

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“…China has made significant strides in freshwater biodiversity conservation through the establishment and implementation of policies, laws, and regulations. Mid‐ and long‐term programs and action plans have been drafted to provide institutional guarantees for biodiversity conservation and natural resource management (Li et al, 2021; State Council, China, 2021).…”

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“…China has been committed to preserving its flora and fauna by formulating policies, laws, and protection measures (Li et al, 2021). Despite the establishment of many protected areas for aquatic organisms, freshwater fishes have been overlooked in China's current strategies of biodiversity conservation efforts, which focus mainly on terrestrial habitats.…”

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“…| EXISTING CONSERVATION MEASURES5.1 | Policies, laws, and regulationsChina has made significant strides in freshwater biodiversity conservation through the establishment and implementation of policies, laws, and regulations. Mid-and long-term programs and action plans have been drafted to provide institutional guarantees for biodiversity conservation and natural resource management(Li et al, 2021;State Council, China, 2021).Many laws and regulations involving the conservation of aquatic ecosystems and biodiversity were formulated in China during the 1980s and 1990s, many of which continue to be effective after substantial amendments. The Prevention and Control of Water Pollution was promulgated in 1984, the Water Law in 1988, and the Environment Protection Law in 1989; all of them aimed to make rational use of water resources, and to protect and improve aquatic environment.The Fisheries Law was issued in1986 and amended in 2000, 2003, 2010, and 2013 to facilitate the protection of fisheries resources and the management of fishery production.…”

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A review of conservation status of freshwater fish diversity in China

Cao,

Shao,

et al. 2023

Journal of Fish Biology

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China harbors a high species diversity of freshwater fishes not shared with any of its neighboring nations. Freshwater fish diversity in the country has been under severe threat from human activities over the past decades, thus conservation freshwater fishes and ecosystems is urgently needed. To accumulate baseline data for guiding protection actions, the third red list assessment of Chinese freshwater fishes was carried out. Among Chinese freshwater fishes assessed, there are 355 at‐risk species (22.3% of the total), including 69 ranked as Critically Endangered, 97 as Endangered, and 189 as Vulnerable. Two species are classified as Extinct and one as Regionally Extinct. China's threat level seems to be lower than the known average level found in the IUCN's global assessment of freshwater fishes, but this is an artifact of a high rate of species classified as Data Deficient. Conservation of freshwater fishes is presently facing a grim situation in China. Imperilment of Chinese freshwater fishes is primarily attributed to habitat loss and degradation arising from human perturbations, particularly river damming. Despite the adoption of protected areas setting up, captive breeding and release, and a fishing moratorium, conservation efforts for freshwater fishes are compromised by disproportional attention in China's biodiversity conservation, baseline data deficiency, insufficiently designed protection networks, and inefficient or inadequate implementation of conservation strategies. To achieve the objectives of Chinese freshwater fish conservation, it is proposed to conduct a national‐scale survey of fish diversity and reassess their at‐risk status, develop systematic conservation planning of freshwater fish diversity and ecosystems, prioritize strategies for protected areas development, perform genetic‐based captive breeding for releasing in concert with other protection actions, and implement flexible fishing moratorium strategies in different water bodies.

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