The government units charged with protecting species are weak, their funding limited, and their enforcement abilities lacking, and so the lists must put priority on those species facing pressures from hunting and international illegal trade in their parts: "They have the practical need of resolving pressing problems in society first."
今天保育行政部門是政府的弱勢單位，行政資源有限、執法能力不足，名錄只能優先考慮面臨獵捕壓力與國際上違法交易的物種，「有解決現有急迫性問題的實際需求。」