In one report, the World Wildlife Fund noted that with great economic growth in Asia and with liver cancer in some Asian countries running at thirty times or more Western rates, "The next ten years will be critical to the fate of many bear populations in Asia."
「世界野生動植物基金會」一份報告指出，由於亞洲經濟日愈飛升，一些亞洲國家的肝癌罹患率又是西方國家的三十幾倍，「未來十年將會是亞洲許多熊族生死最關鍵的十年。」