Sentences with phrase «amounts of illegal ivory»

The Government of Japan has announced its intention to launch an expanded tusk registration campaign nationwide that will increase demand for ivory in Japan, while legalizing large amounts of illegal ivory.

«Japan's ivory controls are flawed and there is evidence that large amounts of illegal ivory... have been laundered into the domestic market,» said the report, which was co-authored by animal welfare group Humane Society International.

Not exact matches

«Japan's ivory tusk registration scheme is a poacher's paradise, allowing vast amounts of illegal tusks to be legalized for sale on Japan's domestic market,» said EIA president, Allan Thornton.

In November last year the United States destroyed six tons of illegal ivory and in December China ground up the same amount.

It's not been surprising to find that amount of ivory in a single illegal shipment or two bound for China.