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Building sustainability into the Belt and Road Initiative’s Traditional Chinese Medicine trade

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  • Amy Hinsley

    (University of Oxford
    University of Oxford)

  • E. J. Milner-Gulland

    (University of Oxford
    University of Oxford)

  • Rosie Cooney

    (Australian National University)

  • Anastasiya Timoshyna

    (David Attenborough Building)

  • Xiangdong Ruan

    (National Forestry and Grassland Administration)

  • Tien Ming Lee

    (Sun Yat-sen University)

Abstract

A little-known aim of China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is ‘people-to-people cultural exchange’, including active promotion of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) in BRI countries. On a global scale, this is likely to increase both TCM demand and the sourcing of wildlife-based TCM ingredients from new areas. Any rapid increase in wildlife demand risks exacerbating illegal and unsustainable trade but, with careful management, BRI–TCM could also present opportunities for well-governed supply chains, creating sustainable livelihoods for rural harvesters. With China reaching out to BRI countries to cooperate on the marketing, registration and promotion of TCM products, there is now a critical short-term window for the identification of these risks and opportunities, and to ensure that sustainability is built into these markets from the start.

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  • Amy Hinsley & E. J. Milner-Gulland & Rosie Cooney & Anastasiya Timoshyna & Xiangdong Ruan & Tien Ming Lee, 2020. "Building sustainability into the Belt and Road Initiative’s Traditional Chinese Medicine trade," Nature Sustainability, Nature, vol. 3(2), pages 96-100, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natsus:v:3:y:2020:i:2:d:10.1038_s41893-019-0460-6
    DOI: 10.1038/s41893-019-0460-6
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