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The Use and Prescription of Pangolin in Traditional Vietnamese Medicine

Tropical conservation science, 2021-02, Vol.14 (1), p.194008292098575 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

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  • Title:
    The Use and Prescription of Pangolin in Traditional Vietnamese Medicine
  • Author: Sexton, Rebecca ; Nguyen, Trang ; Roberts, David L
  • Subjects: Abscesses ; Demand ; International trade ; Lactation ; Legislation ; Medicine ; pangolin ; practitioners ; scales ; Substitutes ; traditional Vietnamese medicine ; Vietnam ; Wildlife ; Wildlife trade
  • Is Part Of: Tropical conservation science, 2021-02, Vol.14 (1), p.194008292098575
  • Description: It is now acknowledged that demand stemming from traditional medicine stimulates a continued market for illegal wildlife trade globally. Increasing demand for pangolin fuels widespread unsustainable extraction and an illicit international trade that is threatening pangolin populations worldwide. Vietnam is an important transit country in this trafficking network and a significant consumer country, particularly due to their longstanding tradition of consuming wildlife products as traditional medicine. We conducted 51 semi-structured, questionnaire-based interviews with traditional Vietnamese medicine practitioners in Hanoi, Vietnam to explore the factors influencing their prescription of pangolin. The results show that traditional Vietnamese medicine practitioners are important drivers of pangolin use and that prescription continues despite prohibitive legislation. The main influencing factors were money, illegality (as a deterrent) and supply. Wealthier patients were more likely to use pangolin as medicine and patients generally trusted a doctor’s prescription. Awareness of regulations related to pangolin use in traditional medicine was low and pangolin use continued without fear of the law. Lactation, abscesses and circulation were the most prescribed uses for pangolin scales. All respondents believed that pangolin can be substituted, however, a belief remained that substitutes are inferior to pangolin. This study provides a unique perspective of pangolin use in one of the main pangolin consumption countries in the world. The results suggest that the law is not being implemented effectively and that increased enforcement efforts are necessary. Furthermore, these insights serve to inform future demand-reduction campaigns whereby the most common uses and substitutes for pangolin scales may be targeted.
  • Publisher: Sage CA: Los Angeles, CA: SAGE Publications
  • Language: English;French;German;Portuguese;Spanish
  • Identifier: ISSN: 1940-0829
    EISSN: 1940-0829
    DOI: 10.1177/1940082920985755
  • Source: Sage Journals GOLD Open Access 2024
    Geneva Foundation Free Medical Journals at publisher websites
    ROAD: Directory of Open Access Scholarly Resources
    ProQuest Central
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