A View from the Courts

The illegal trade of pangolins in China

All eight recognised species of pangolin face high risks of extinction, with the primary threats to their survival being poaching and trade of their meat, body parts and scales.

In order to address declining pangolin populations, increasingly stringent measures for protection of the species have been adopted both through the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of  Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) and at national levels.