Time for a Hong Kong tusk force to combat illegal ivory trade (China)
Anna Beech, South China Morning Post 06 September, 2013 China is the largest consumer of ivory and its demand is bringing the African and Asian elephants to the point of extinction. According to the...
View ArticleIvory stockpile to be publicly destroyed as Obama seeks to end illegal trade
Suzanne Goldenberg, The Guardian 10 November 2013 The ivory stockpile in the secure government warehouse – six tonnes of scarred tusks, glossy Confucius statuettes with $10,000 (more than £6,000) price...
View ArticleThe Chinese ivory-smugglers in Africa
Who are the Chinese smuggling ivory out of Africa and how are they doing it? Huang Hongxiang went to Mozambique to investigate Dong has been sent to Mozambique by his employer, a Chinese communications...
View ArticleLegal ivory trade ‘will fuel demand’
By Melanie Gosling, Independent Online December 13 2013 Cape Town – About 30 000 elephants are killed in Africa every year, and opening the legal ivory trade is likely to increase poaching and lead to...
View ArticleTime to hunt down the ‘kingpins’ of wildlife crime
Sarah Morrison, The Independent February 6, 2014 World leaders are being urged to crack down on the masterminds behind gangs that make billions from animal carcasses The dangerous criminal networks...
View ArticleJapanese appetite for ivory fuels poaching epidemic
Poorly controlled ivory sales in Japan are encouraging illegal trade in elephant tusks and large amounts of ivory are entering the domestic market. Online selling and weak controls on domestic ivory...
View ArticleHome-grown corruption is killing Africa’s rhinos and elephants
Andreas Wilson-Spath, Daily Maverick November 28, 2014 While the crisis is complex, with root causes in chronic poverty, the absence of sustainable economic alternatives and a burgeoning demand for...
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