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- Combating transnational organized crime by linking multiple . . .
The illegal trade in African elephant ivory is no exception That trade has grown into a multibillion dollar industry responsible for the deaths of up to 40,000 elephants annually Seventy percent of all ivory seizures are shipped in large (≥0 5 metric tons) containerized consignments
- The Ivory Trade - Journals of a Botswana Safari Guide
The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) approves the export of elephant ivory from Botswana, Namibia and South Africa every so often Seen as the only countries where the elephant populations are growing many however see the permission to sell as misguided
- African elephant orphaned by poaching face more aggression . . .
New research finds that poaching harms more than just the elephants who are killed which kills some 30,000 elephants each year “The cost to elephants of mass killing for ivory is not
- China Shuts Down Ivory Trade, Wildlife Trafficking Continues
Early this year, Hong Kong lawmakers voted to ban the ivory trade in a city that has been a hub for the trade for more than 150 years In the meantime, several governments appear to be following
- 100 tonnes of ivory up in smoke - but the hard work continues
Around 30,000 elephants are killed every year across Africa, many of them feeding the demand for ivory in Asia Jump to content US Edition Change UK Edition Asia Edition Edición en Español
- The fight against the ivory trade | University of Portsmouth
Wild elephant numbers have dropped by 62% over the last decade, and an estimated 100 African elephants are killed each day by poachers seeking ivory 1:06 I was having dinner with my husband, Alister 1:12 Alister is an antiques expert, he's an antiques valuer, and he was telling me about ivory that was coming to him that he felt was illegal
- Mozambican authorities seize hundreds of kilos of ivory
During the 15-year-long civil war, some 90 percent of elephants in the country were killed for their ivory, which was then sold to finance the war effort More than 30 years later, the scars of conflict are still seen in the proliferation of tuskless female elephants – a seemingly critical adaptation for a species that depends on matriarchs
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