Hubert Cheung

NEW: Wildlife experts say reforms are needed now to avoid irreversible damage to global wildlife treaties. Countries threatening to leave CITES over ivory & rhino horn trade echo Japan's International Whale Commission exit in 2019. Read more: oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/news/polarised…

Geopolitics impact #conservation decisions. Can we channel the US–China rivalry to improve #biodiversity outcomes? Policy diffusion theory gives insights into interdependency of policy decisions. doi.org/10.1111/conl.1… @hcheung7 @m_dimarco @duanbiggs @anniesonglee @ConLetters

Dehorning rhinos. Damned if we do, damned if we don't.

Words of wisdom can come from anywhere, even your weather app…

Experts from diverse institutions collaborated in this major alert @carol_sayuri_ @CheetahsRWild @AdamToomes @OliverStringham @WilliamJRipple @GretchenSPeters @TMorcatty @StuartLonghorn @biosec_erc @alisajoy_davies @hcheung7 @DrSusanCheyne @mak2kofi @cardosopmb

Awesome new carbon initiative led by a fantastic scientist @jamesecology

New Research: China's Legalization of Domestic Rhino Horn Trade: Traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioner Perspectives and the Likelihood of Prescription: Despite the international ban on the trade of rhino horn that has been in place since… frontiersin.org/articles/10.33… #Ecology

In 2018, China publicized its intention to legalize domestic #rhinohorn trade. How will #TCM practitioners respond? How will this policy change affect demand & what role could synthetic horn play? Our new paper in @FrontEcolEvol investigates doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2… #conservation

Reducing demand for rhino horn requires understanding the demographics of use. Cheung et al (doi.org/10.1111/csp2.3…) use a survey to discover that 1 in 7 report using rhino horn in Guangdong, China; mostly older, educated males. Use is for a variety of purposes.

Banning #wildlifetrade is at the center of the current approach to #rhino #conservation. How effective is this? We surveyed #TraditionalChineseMedicine consumers to investigate the medicinal use of #rhinohorn. doi.org/10.1111/csp2.3… @UQscience @UQ_CBCS @ConservationSP

A deeper understanding of #TraditionalChineseMedicine will help #conservation science come to terms with possible threats to species from traditional medical practices doi.org/10.1002/pan3.1… #TCM #biodiversity #wildlifetrade

Watch the amazing presentation of @hcheung7 "#Pluralism and #inclusion in #conservation: Understanding #TCM to improve #biodiversity outcomes" youtu.be/D0If_41GLts @TRAFFIC_WLTrade @IUCN @CITES @CECweb #medicine #Chine #traditional #wildlife

Enroll for free, people! tinyurl.com/y2ye3565 It is every Tuesday until 2 February. Enroll for free until the Sunday before the session you are interested in! @helsinkiuni @ConservationOrg #conservation #wildlife #trafficking

Let me tell you about "Consuming #wildlife – managing demand for products in the wildlife trade", new special section @PaN_BES, I co-edited with @JAGlikman For a summary: relationalthinkingblog.com/2020/12/02/227… For more, read on! Plus big thanks to an all-star team of contributing authors!

Conservation science will only be able to come to terms with possible threats to species from traditional medical practices if they have a deeper understanding of them

If we want to evoke conservation change related to traditional Chinese medicine, we must 1) understand it & it’s users, and 2) bring TCM stakeholders into the room. Great ‘TCM 101’ piece led by @hcheung7, & members of our team: @HunterLDoughty @orchiddelirium @EJMilnerGulland

TCM 101: A better understanding of Traditional Chinese Medicine can enable conservationists to improve wildlife outcomes Find out more in our new Review & Synthesis: besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/pa… @UQScience, @hcheung7 @UQ_News #OpenAccess #WildlifeTrade #TraditionalChineseMedicine

Demystifying traditional Chinese medicine for conservationists could be the key to better protecting endangered species like pangolins, tigers and rhino, according to University of Queensland-led research. @UQscience @hcheung7 @HugePossum Read more - tinyurl.com/y63qsqjc

The multifaceted issue of language challenges in #science and #conservation is near and dear to me, having grown up and now working bilingually. Great chat w/#interdisciplinary colleagues @ZSLScience and reading up on new papers on timely issues #translation #Chinese #environment

Struggling with how to translate your study instruments? Look no further than besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.111… @MethodsEcolEvol