Turtle shell has recently joined rhino horn, tiger bone, and bear gall as an ingredient whose use in traditional Chinese medicine has come to the attention of CITES, the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species.
繼犀角、虎骨、熊膽之後，牽涉到保育類動物的中藥材「龜板」，近來也受到「華盛頓國家公約組織」的關心。