Wildlife Conservation in China: Preserving the Habitat of China's Wild West

WILDLIFE CONSERVATION IN CHINA......Page 2
CONTENTS......Page 8
FOREWORD......Page 14
PREFACE......Page 16
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS......Page 22
NOTES ON SOURCES......Page 24
1 INTRODUCTION......Page 28
CHINA’S NATIVE FAUNA: ASTOUNDINGLY RICH NATURAL CAPITAL......Page 29
CHINA “WEST OF THE PANDAS”......Page 32
WILDLIFE SPECIES IN CHINA’S WEST......Page 34
THE ENORMITY OF THE TASK......Page 35
CHINA’S WILDLIFE INSTITUTIONS IN BRIEF......Page 38
A PERSPECTIVE......Page 41
2 CHINA’S WILD WEST: Geography Is Destiny......Page 45
IS “WESTERN CHINA” REALLY PART OF CHINA?......Page 46
ETHNICITY AND CULTURE......Page 49
THE CHANGING FACE OF CHINA’S WEST......Page 52
HOW MUCH HAVE GRASSLANDS IN WESTERN CHINA BEEN DEGRADED?......Page 61
GRAZING PRESSURE AND LOCAL LIVELIHOODS......Page 72
THE GREAT OPENING OF CHINA’S WEST......Page 79
3 THE CHINESE PERCEPTION OF WILDLIFE......Page 83
LANGUAGE......Page 84
HUNTING......Page 89
DISSENTING VIEWS......Page 90
CONFUCIAN OPTIMISM AND THE PROBLEM WITH TUANJIE......Page 93
NON-HAN PERCEPTIONS......Page 97
ARE CHANGES AFOOT?......Page 100
4 ANIMALS: Wild, Captive, and Domestic......Page 103
DISTINCTIONS: CLEAR AND BLURRY......Page 104
CAPTIVE BREEDING IN CHINA......Page 107
WHY BREED WILD SPECIES IN CAPTIVITY?......Page 109
TWO CONTROVERSIES: MUSK DEER AND BEARS......Page 112
5 CHINESE LEGAL INSTITUTIONS AND WILDLIFE......Page 117
THE 1988 WILDLIFE PROTECTION LAW......Page 120
IS THE LAW PART OF AN EVOLVING UNDERSTANDING OF CONSERVATION?......Page 127
DO LAWS CONSTITUTE A WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SYSTEM?......Page 129
6 NATURE RESERVES: Poor Substitutes for Comprehensive......Page 130
NATURE RESERVES ON PAPER: STATISTICS AND REGULATIONS......Page 136
ON-THE-GROUND REALITIES IN WESTERN CHINA......Page 141
7 SPECIES STORIES......Page 146
USED AND ABUSED: MUSK DEER......Page 147
FROM THE FRYING PAN INTO THE FIRE: PRZEWALSKI’S GAZELLE......Page 151
VALUABLE, VALUED, BUT SENSITIVE: ARGALI......Page 157
GLOBALIZATION STRIKES BACK: CHIRU......Page 166
CAUSE OR EFFECT? PIKAS AND ZOKORS......Page 170
WILD PROGENITORS, DOMESTIC REPLACEMENTS......Page 176
INTO THE TEETH OF THE CONFLICT: LARGE CARNIVORES......Page 184
DOING WELL, OR DOING TOO WELL?......Page 188
8 TROPHY HUNTING: Opportunities Squandered......Page 195
HOW KILLING ANIMALS MIGHT SAVE THEM......Page 196
BIOLOGY......Page 198
ON-THE-GROUND REALITIES......Page 203
CHINESE HUNTING AREAS AS CONSERVATION PROGRAMS......Page 213
LOST OPPORTUNITIES......Page 214
9 CHINESE WILDLIFE SCIENCE......Page 217
WHAT MAKES WILDLIFE SCIENCE DIFFICULT (BUT FASCINATING)......Page 218
CULTURAL CHALLENGES FACING CHINESE WILDLIFE SCIENCE......Page 219
INSTITUTIONAL CHALLENGES TO  CHINESE WILDLIFE SCIENCE......Page 231
WHY DOES IT MATTER?......Page 232
10 A FUTURE FOR WILDLIFE IN WESTERN CHINA......Page 234
LINKING PEOPLE WITH WILDLIFE THROUGH THE DEVIL’S BARGAIN......Page 236
GIVING WILDLIFE A VOICE IN LAND MANAGEMENT......Page 249
CONCLUDING THOUGHTS......Page 253
CROSS LISTING OF ANIMAL AND PLANT SPECIES MENTIONED IN TEXT IN ENGLISH, LATIN, AND SIMPLIFIED CHINESE CHARACTERS......Page 256
1. INTRODUCTION......Page 262
2. CHINA’S WILD WEST: GEOGRAPHY IS DESTINY......Page 263
3. THE CHINESE PERCEPTION OF WILDLIFE......Page 276
4. ANIMALS: WILD, CAPTIVE, AND DOMESTIC......Page 280
5. CHINESE LEGAL INSTITUTIONS AND WILDLIFE......Page 286
6. NATURE RESERVES: POOR SUBSTITUTES FOR COMPREHENSIVE NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT......Page 291
7. SPECIES STORIES......Page 294
8. TROPHY HUNTING: OPPORTUNITIES SQUANDERED......Page 307
9. CHINESE WILDLIFE SCIENCE......Page 311
10. A FUTURE FOR WILDLIFE IN WESTERN CHINA......Page 314
ENGLISH LANGUAGE REFERENCES......Page 318
CHINESE LANGUAGE REFERENCES......Page 344
INDEX......Page 354