Nearly 100 countries took part in a globe-spanning crackdown on the illegal wildlife trade, seizing tons of meat, ivory, pangolin scales and timber in a monthlong bust that exposed the international reach of traffickers, ...
Ecology
Jun 20, 2018
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Africa's elephants are under siege from rampant poaching for their ivory. Everyone agrees that Africa's elephants need protecting from the ongoing slaughter. But countries with wild elephant populations (range states) disagree ...
Ecology
Apr 25, 2018
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A report by a British-based conservation group says rising Chinese demand for products made from elephant skin is driving poaching and posing an even greater threat to Asia's wild herds than the ivory trade.
Ecology
Apr 24, 2018
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When Michael Gove first called for responses from the public to his plan to ban ivory sales back in October 2017, the environment secretary said a ban would "put the UK front and centre of global efforts to end the insidious ...
Ecology
Apr 10, 2018
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Britain will ban sales of ivory in a bid to help preserve the world's dwindling elephant population, the government announced Tuesday.
Ecology
Apr 3, 2018
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Thirty-two African countries on Friday called on the European Union to stop its ivory trade at a conference in Botswana aimed at saving African elephants.
Ecology
Mar 16, 2018
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A week after the United States quietly lifted a ban on imports of sport-hunted elephants' ivory and lion parts from certain African countries, the World Wildlife Fund has announced that Google, Facebook and other major tech ...
Business
Mar 12, 2018
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Media coverage of the torching of huge caches of ivory presented a strong message against elephant poaching and ivory trade, but many of those who needed to hear it most may not have received it, an international study has ...
Ecology
Mar 5, 2018
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A quick and cost-effective approach to monitoring the health of elephant populations could help measure the impact of poaching on the animals, according to a new study involving the University of Stirling.
Ecology
Feb 6, 2018
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Hong Kong voted to ban ivory sales in a landmark move Wednesday to end the infamous trade in the city.
Ecology
Jan 31, 2018
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