编者按：绿会志愿者反映广东省一教参课本中明确将穿山甲列为“药品”，且委托广东金桥百信律师事务所张捷律师，就相关教材内容问题向广东省新华出版发行集团股份有限公司致函事件，近日受各大媒体关注、转发。

近年来，绿会通过各种渠道方法，宣传并践行穿山甲保护工作，保护穿山的呼声也越来越高，禁止食用和捕杀穿山甲也基本成为社会共识，但社会上仍然存在不懂法甚至知法犯法的行为，穿山甲属于国家二级保护野生动物，禁止食用捕杀，2014年，世界自然保护联盟物种生存委员会正式将中华穿山甲和马来穿山甲列为极度濒危等级，同时其余6种穿山甲也均定为濒危等级；穿山甲的八个种也全部被列入《华盛顿公约》CITES附录I级保护动物。穿山甲在全世界范围内，已经面临灭绝。

而科学教育普及从小朋友开始就意味着我们必须为要严格把控教材、教参课本对于未成年人的世界观价值观产生的影响，如错误的引导会使其形成终生记忆，认为穿山甲就是一种可以食用的动物，而该教材更是将不当内容编排于《科学》教材，对于对我国的野生动物保护事业产生了无法弥补的负面影响。

为维护生态、保护环境，绿会委托律师发函，建议该出版社在两个月内修改广东省内发行的小学科学教材中有关穿山甲的不当内容，现已收到正式回复，希望广大新闻媒体、出版社以此为鉴，切勿进行错误的宣传引导，由此造成的生物多样性损害将不可弥补。

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Pangolins removed from textbooks as TCM ingredient

The critically endangered pangolin is hunted, traded and killed for its scales and meat. Provided to China Daily

A primary school science book and a related reference book for teachers will no longer mention pangolins as being a pharmaceutical component, after a group questioned the propagation of the belief's impact on animal conservation efforts.

The China Biodiversity Conservation and Green Development Foundation drew attention to the question in a letter to the book's distributor, and the publisher subsequently responded with its own letter to the foundation saying the passages would be removed.

The science book for the first semester of Grade 6 published by Educational Science Publishing House mentioned pangolin parts as an effective ingredient in traditional Chinese medicine, the publishing house noted in its reply to the foundation.

"It is inappropriate to list the species as such because pangolins are under national protection," it said. "After careful checks, we immediately made changes to the textbook and to a related teachers' reference book."

It promised that the information will not appear in books for the upcoming autumn semester.

The foundation sent a letter earlier through its lawyer to Guangdong Xinhua Publishing and Distribution Group, the sole distributor for the textbook in Guangdong province, after volunteer proofreaders spotted the content in a reference book for teachers.

In the book's section on the value of biodiversity, the word pangolin appears and is indicated as a medicinal component in a diagram.

In the letter to the distributor, which was passed to the publisher, the foundation noted that pangolins are protected animals in China, and that their capture, killing and consumption are all prohibited.

Pangolins are on the brink of extinction worldwide, according to experts.

Because pangolins are falsely believed to have medicinal benefits, they are often consumed outright in China-or used in medicines-the letter said.

"With the progress of society, people's awareness of animal protection has increased. Textbook content that runs against animal protection efforts needs to be adjusted by the publisher," said Xiong Bingqi, deputy director of the 21st Century Education Research Institute.

"Textbook compilers need to know the latest information in society and update content in a timely manner. Education experts have professional knowledge in their fields but don't have sufficient knowledge in other fields, which leads to defects in textbooks," Xiong said.

He suggested that animal protection or charity groups be consulted when compiling animal-related sections of textbooks in the future.

Hu Yingxia contributed to this story.

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