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Wildlife Protection and Japan

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Before moving to the case studies of driftnet fishing, scientific whaling, and international trade in African elephant ivory with a focus on the period from 1987 to 1992, it is beneficial to look at the wider context of international wildlife protection and Japan’s action and inaction in this issue area. In this chapter, I first describe three international regimes on high seas fishing, commercial whaling, and trade in endangered species and Japan’s attitudes toward them. Then, I discuss the conservation principle of the wildlife protection regimes and explain the process by which Japan came to respect that principle.

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Miyaoka, I. (2004). Wildlife Protection and Japan. In: Legitimacy in International Society. St Antony’s Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781403948199_3

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