China and Pangolin Protection
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China accorded pangolin the highest level of protection and removed its scales from its list of approved traditional medicines.
The Chinese State Forestry and Grassland Administration had issued a notice upgrading its protection of pangolins.
It has also banned all commercial trade of the endangered mammal.
The move came about after the 2020 edition of the “Chinese Pharmacopoeia” excluded trad