Ivory was a major talking point at the CITES CoP17 conference.Many feel the ban on trade doesn’t work while others believe the ban is the only way to save the iconic species.
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Military responses to combat poaching are a problem. They marginalise communities where poachers come from and can have longer term implications.
The ivory trade is a very contentious issue and will be debated at CITES. It will revolve around maintaining or lifting the ban on trade. But the human element is likely to be ignored.
Southern African nations are seeking permission to trade in ivory, in direct opposition to the wishes of their northern neighbours.
The amount of ivory on sale in Vietnam has increased by more than 600% in the past eight years. As China has taken a tougher stance on the ivory trade, sales in Vietnam have increased.
The marked increase in the number of Nigerian pastoralists fleeing Boko Haram terror in northeastern Nigeria last year reflects a trend that started three years ago.
Older matriarchs lead elephant society. But they’re also the primary targets of ivory poachers. When these socially critical individuals are killed, what happens to the rest of the group?
The birds’ brightly coloured beaks are worth more than elephant tusks.
People arguing that a ban on mammoth ivory would help save elephants from extinction are wrong. Here’s why.
Using DNA testing, researchers find that most elephant poaching is happening in two spots – crucial information to stopping the flow of ivory out of Africa.
If we want to save elephants we need to tackle widespread corruption that threatens their populations – and this goes for all wildlife.
In 2014, 1,215 rhinos were killed in South Africa for their horns, which end up in Asia as supposed cures for a variety of ailments. An estimated 30,000 African elephants were slaughtered last year for…
The shocking news that Satao, the much-loved African Elephant who lived in Kenya’s Tsavo East National Park, has been killed and butchered for his tusks highlights once again the terrible and unsustainable…
Addressing the conference on illegal wildlife trafficking in London, Prince Charles said it “broke new ground”, while Prince William said it represented an “unprecedented gathering” that has “never before…
Hong Kong’s Endangered Species Advisory Committee meets today to decide whether to follow China’s lead and destroy its own (33-tonne) stockpile of contraband ivory. This is welcome news, but the destruction…
China is the most recent nation to destroy its ivory stockpile. It is the world’s largest market for illegal ivory, and the move is welcome news for threatened elephant populations. Ivory represents a…
Confiscated ivory taken from smugglers, traders and tourists by US authorities was crushed to chippings last week, The stockpile of more than six tonnes, amassed since the 1989 international embargo on…
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Senior Research Associate, Institute for the Future of Knowledge, University of Johannesburg
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Professor and Chair, Southwestern Environmental Science and Policy, Northern Arizona University
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Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Portsmouth
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Senior Lecturer, Mathematics, The University of Queensland
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Professor of Anthropology, The Ohio State University
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Lecturer in Visual Anthropology
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Visiting Professor, University of Kent
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Professor of Conservation and Applied Resource Economics, University of Kent
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Professor, University of Stirling
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Research Fellow in Conservation and Sustainability, University of Kent
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Director, Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology, University of Kent
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Professor, The University of Queensland
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Research Professor of Biology at Center for Conservation Biology, University of Washington
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Professor of Political Economy, University of the Witwatersrand
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Visiting Professor in Advanced Computer Studies, University of Maryland
