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7 - Power, Profits and Policy: A Reality Check on CITES and the Prunus africana Bark Trade

from Part III - Global Implementation of CITES by Key Species/Commodity

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 July 2023

By
Anthony B. Cunningham  and
Terry Sunderland
Edited by
Marie-Claire Cordonier Segger ,
David Andrew Wardell  and
Alexandra Harrington
Marie-Claire Cordonier Segger
Affiliation:
University of Cambridge
David Andrew Wardell
Affiliation:
Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)
Alexandra Harrington
Affiliation:
Albany Law School
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The authors explain that Prunus africana (CITES App. II listed in 1995) is at the confluence of the “northern perspective” on bans as a conservation tool and the “southern perspective” on sustainable use as a conservation incentive. After 42 years of international trade in wild harvested medicinal bark from Africa and Madagascar, the experience with Prunus africana holds several lessons for both policy and practice in forestry, conservation and rural development.

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Biodiversitylawgovernancesustainable developmentCITES
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CITES as a Tool for Sustainable Development , pp. 113 - 130
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023

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