Conserving Musk Deer the Uses of Musk and Europe's Role in its Trade (pdf, 360 kb)

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An examination of the trade and use of musk in Russia should take the local perfume industry into

account.  The use of musk in the perfume industries of Russia, China and some Arabian countries

should be investigated and documented. 

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Since the amount of musk used in homeopathic medicine is very low, because in many homeo-

pathic medicines the potency is so high as to make it impossible to identify musk in the product,

and since it is not very likely that use of musk in homeopathic remedies will rise significantly in

the future, it is not recommended that homeopathic products containing musk need CITES permits

when in international trade.

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GLOSSARY

CITES:

Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora

CIS:

Commonwealth of Independent States, a confederation of independent states, formerly

constituent republics of the Soviet Union

North Korea:

Democratic People’s Republic of Korea

IUCN:

The World Conservation Union

IUCN/SSC:

Species Survival Commission of IUCN

IUCN/TSG:

Trade Specialist Group of IUCN

Russia:

Refers to the Russian Federation, unless otherwise stated

South Korea:

Republic of Korea 

TEAM:

Traditional East Asian medicine

WCMC:

World Conservation Monitoring Centre

WWF:

World Wide Fund for Nature

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