A. Species
Scientific name: Cibotium barometz
Common name(s): Golden chicken fern, Golden hair dog fern, Scythian lamb, Jinmao Gou, Jinmao Gouji, Huanggoutou
Global IUCN Red List Threat Status:
B. Location of use
Geographic location(s):
- China
Country/Region:
C. Scale of assessment
Scale of assessment: Sub-national / Sub-region / Sub-State
Name/Details of location: Guangxi, Guizhou, Guangdong, Yunnan, Sichuan, Chongqing, Hainan, Xizang, Hunan, Zhejiang, and Jiangxi Provinces
D. Timescale of use
Start Year: 1993
End Year: 2007
E. Information about the use
How is the wild species sourced?: Wild species sourced from its natural habitat
Type of use: Extractive
Practice of use: Gathering/Cutting/Collecting terrestrial plants and fungi or their products from the wild
Lethal or non-lethal: Lethal
Does this use involve take/extraction of: The whole entire organism
Purpose(s) of end use: Medicine and hygiene
Motivation of use: Largescale commercial exploitation for trade
Is this use legal or illegal?: Legal under national law
F. Information about the Users
Which stakeholder(s) does the record primarily focus on?: National / local private sector
G. Information about the sustainability of use
Is there evidence that the use is having an impact on the target species?: Wild species sourced from its natural habitat
Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from an ecological perspective been recorded?: Yes, considered sustainable
Details of assessment carried out: This CITES NDF Report
Brief summary on why the use has been assessed/judged to be sustainable or unsustainable: From the authors' field trips in recent years, they found the natural vegetation populations are improving in most parts of China because of forest restoration projects. For most rhizome-harvestable plants, the annual sustained yield is estimated at about 10% of the standing stocks. The export quota of 130 tons per year is reasonable.
Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from an economic perspective been recorded?: Yes, considered sustainable
Details of assessment carried out: This CITES NDF Report
Brief summary on why the use has been assessed/judged to be sustainable or unsustainable: With a current export quota of 130 tons per year, and only 100 tons per year exported even prior to the quota system being introduced in 1997, and combined with anecdotal evidence of ecological sustainability, the economics of exploitation seem sustainable.
Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from a social perspective been recorded?: No, sustainability not determined
Details of assessment carried out: This CITES NDF Report
Brief summary on why the use has been assessed/judged to be sustainable or unsustainable: Although social dimensions of use were not discussed explicitly, implicitly the harvest and use of this medicinal plant seem unsustainable, given ecological sustainability.
Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from a human health perspective been recorded?: Yes, considered sustainable
Details of assessment carried out: This CITES NDF Report
Brief summary on why the use has been assessed/judged to be sustainable or unsustainable: The report explains that Cibotium barometz is well valued as a garden plant or a medicinal herb. It is believed that this plant replenishes liver and kidney, strengthens bones and muscles, expels and eases the joints and for deficiency of liver and kidney, manifested as chronic rheumatism, backache, flaccidity and immovability of lower extremities, and frequent enuresis.
Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from an animal health/welfare perspective been recorded?: not recorded
Recommendations provided in the record to maintain or enhance the sustainability of the use of the target species
In future, export of final products rather than raw materials should be encouraged.
Record source
Information about the record source: grey_lit
Date of publication/issue/production: 2008-01-01T00:00:00+0000
Source Reference(s):
by Xian-Chun Zhang, Jian-Sheng Jia, and Gang-Min Zhang.
NDF WORKSHOP CASE STUDIES
WG 2 – Perennials
CASE STUDY 1
Cibotium barometz
Country – CHINA
Date of record entry: 2023-09-26