Japan slammed for fuelling illegal ivory trade
A conservation group slammed Japan Thursday for fuelling illegal ivory trading and smuggling through poor law enforcement.
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Elephants: the forgotten giants at Africa-China summit
When the Chinese president and African leaders meet this week to bolster economic ties, the elephant in the room will be the trade in ivory—and conservationists want the issue on the table.
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Dec 3, 2015
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Large-scale illegal trade in hundreds of wild-collected ornamental plants in Southeast Asia
Southeast Asia is a widely recognised centre of illegal wildlife trade – both as the source region for species ranging from seahorses to tigers, and as a global consumer of ivory carvings, wild pets, and traditional Chinese ...
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Sep 14, 2015
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Opinion: Why banning the mammoth ivory trade would be a huge mistake
There is widely held belief that the only way we can protect globally endangered species that are being poached for the international wildlife trade is to completely ban the trade. This is a dangerous misconception and will ...
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Aug 26, 2015
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UN adopts resolution to fight wildlife trafficking
The UN General Assembly on Thursday adopted a resolution to tackle illegal smuggling of endangered wildlife like elephants and rhinoceros.
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Jul 30, 2015
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Hong Kong ivory trade 'major threat' to elephant survival: report
Hong Kong's booming ivory market is helping push elephants towards extinction, conservationists said Thursday, reporting more ivory items on sale there than in any other city.
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Jul 16, 2015
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Oscar winner Lupita Nyong'o joins fight to save African elephants
Oscar-winning actress Lupita Nyong'o has returned home to Kenya to spearhead a new campaign to stop the record slaughter of elephants for their valuable ivory.
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Jun 30, 2015
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Conservationists: New China policy could save elephants
Conservationists hail it as a possible game-changer in the struggle to curb the slaughter of elephants: an unexpected pledge by a senior Chinese official to stop the ivory trade in a country whose vast, increasingly affluent ...
Ecology
Jun 25, 2015
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US crushes ton of ivory in New York's Times Square
A ton of illegal ivory carved into decorative objects was destroyed in New York's Times Square on Friday as US officials denounced poaching that kills thousands of elephants a year.
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Jun 19, 2015
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China crushes half a tonne of ivory in symbolic gesture
China destroyed more than six hundred kilograms of ivory in front of media and diplomats Friday, as it seeks to shed its image as a global trading hub for illegal elephant tusks.
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May 29, 2015
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