Biodiversity’s importance is growing in China’s urban agenda

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Ecologists are keen to build on metropolitan China’s increased awareness of the threats posed by environmental neglect.

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  1. Sarah O’Meara

    1. Sarah O’Meara is a writer and editor in London.

On 28 January 2020, a team of Chinese conservation scientists distributed a questionnaire across social-media platforms, asking Chinese citizens how they felt about proposed legislation that would ban the consumption and trade of wildlife in the country.

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Nature 591, S1-S3 (2021)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00596-w

This article is part of Nature Spotlight on Ecology in China, an editorially independent supplement. Advertisers have no influence over the content.

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