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It is difficult to distinguish between elephant and mammoth ivory.
Great Zimbabwe.
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Archaeological discoveries show the different options that have solved human problems over time.
An African forest elephant (Loxodonta cyclotis ) in Odzala-Kokoua National Park, Republic of the Congo.
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A new review of the status of African elephants finds scientific grounds for dividing them into two species, and reports that both have suffered drastic population declines since 1990.
Rosewood, the name for several endangered tree species that make beautiful furniture, being loaded in Madagascar.
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For decades nations have worked to curb international sales of endangered plants and animals. But in countries like China, with high demand and speculative investors, that strategy fuels bidding wars.
African elephant in Kruger national park, South Africa.
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In large ecosystems, managing elephant populations so they don’t exceed a certain threshold number is arbitrary.
Mammoths went extinct tens of thousands of years ago, but trade in their ivory is threatening their living elephant cousins.
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Melting Siberian permafrost is exposing long-dead mammoths, creating a new trade in mammoth ivory.
African elephant.
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As the ultimate custodians, it is urgent that African countries with elephants take
ownership of the processes at CITES.
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Amid a growing human population, African elephants are confined to an increasingly managed existence. Do we want more for one of the world’s most loved species?
Botswana has about 122,000 elephants left.
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There is a significant elephant-poaching problem in northern Botswana that has likely been going on for over a year.
According to the latest data, there are probably fewer than 400,000 savannah elephants left in the wild across Africa.
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Drone technology plays a vital role in gathering accurate wildlife data. But this alone isn’t enough to save Africa’s elephants.
CITES, calls Uganda a country of primary concern in the illicit ivory trade.
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Locations like border towns as well as people acting as middlemen provide key insights into Uganda’s ivory trade.
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Should trade in ivory be banned or not? There may be a solution.
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Despite various exceptions, the UK’s proposed ivory ban will be among the toughest in the world.
Antique ivory – defined as pre-1947 worked ivory – is an exception and can be traded in the UK and EU.
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The EU and UK are fuelling the illegal trade through their continuing sale of legal ivory items.
The world’s biggest burn of illegal ivory.
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The destruction of a massive haul of illegal ivory was supposed to send a message to poachers and those who trade in the tusks. Did they notice, or can the ivory be used to help elephant conservation?
Police officers mark and register bundles of seized python skins in Linyi, Shandong province, China.
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This multi-billion pound industry increasingly involves organised crime groups, who see wildlife as a low risk route to profit.
Talking about ivory-funded terrorism overlooks the real sources of income for terror groups.
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The idea that terror groups like Boko Haram fund their activities through ivory poaching in Africa is a compelling narrative. But it’s undermining wildlife conservation and human rights.
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An ivory ban in the US had a series of unintended consequences.
The tusks in these ornamental elephants are real ivory.
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Ivory from illegally-poached elephants can easily be mistaken for antique.
China plans to ban the ivory trade. The hope is that prices will be driven downwards and elephant numbers will improve.
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China has decided to end all domestic trade in ivory, an act that could help elephant numbers all over Africa.