History of animal protection in the world and China

In the 1970s, people began to pay attention to the environmental pollution caused by human economic activities and the crisis caused by wildlife, and carried out some research similar to conservation biology in related basic disciplines (such as zoology, botany and ecology). 1978 every international conference on conservation biology is held in San Diego Zoo, USA. Since then, conservation biology has developed rapidly. Conservation biology was founded in 1985 in the United States, and many universities in North America also set up conservation biology majors in 1990. Today, the Society for Biological Conservation has become the fastest growing association in North America.

With the influence of human economic activities on biological species and environment, people are more and more deeply aware of the urgency of biodiversity. Some international conventions, such as the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Fauna and Flora (1979) and the Convention on Biological Diversity (1992), have been signed, and the protection of biodiversity has been taken seriously by all countries and put into action.

Modern biological protection in China started late, starting in the late 1980s. 1990 China academy of sciences set up a biodiversity working group, 1992 set up a biodiversity committee, 1994 the China government promulgated the "China 2 1 century project" and the "China biodiversity protection action plan", all of which show that our government and people attach great importance to biodiversity protection and develop rapidly.