Sentences with phrase «domestic ivory trade»

In December 2016, in no small part due to information Esmond brought to light, the Government of China announced it would ban domestic ivory trade by January 1st, 2018.

On Wednesday, Hong Kong government announced that its three - step plan to phase out domestic ivory trade by the end of 2021 was approved by the Chief Executive in Council.

«To do this, Japan must enact a total ban on domestic ivory trade and permanently end its registration scheme.»

EIA president Allan Thornton said: «AEON's decision to end all ivory sales in its malls sends a strong signal to the people of Japan that domestic ivory trade in Japan must end to help protect Africa's elephants.»

It's time for Japan to ban domestic ivory trade starting with banning internet trade in ivory, therefore ending the sale of ivory hanko name seals, and ending with any further government registration of whole raw tusks — a huge loophole that allows illegal ivory to be legalized and laundered onto the Japanese domestic market.

We campaign for elephant range states and ivory consumer nations like Japan to ban existing legal domestic ivory trade and crack down on poachers and organized criminals by enacting and enforcing tough laws and regulations.

It is time to end the tusk registration scheme and to close domestic ivory trade to reduce the demand that fuels ivory poaching.»

While online domestic ivory trading is not illegal in Japan, the internet trade operates without meaningful government oversight.

Often represented by pro-ivory trade voices as being the best - controlled ivory trade in Asia, Japan's domestic ivory trade system is in reality riddled with loopholes that can be used to launder illegal ivory.

The United States needs to crack down on wildlife trafficking and enact a moratorium on domestic ivory trade.

To combat this crisis and protect elephants, major ivory markets including the United States, China, and Hong Kong have committed to taking steps to ban domestic ivory trade.

Hong Kong, too, announced that its three - step plan to phase out domestic ivory trade by the end of 2021 has been approved.

While the international commercial trade in African elephant ivory has been banned since 1990, individual countries, including the U.S., have maintained varying levels of legal domestic ivory trade.

The government's three - step plan aims to completely phase out domestic ivory trade in the next five years.

Together, Esmond and Lucy have produced countless reports documenting in detail the exploding demand for illegal ivory; a demand that in China, Vietnam and Laos provided impetus for an international movement to ban domestic ivory trade.

Esmond — with his indefatigable energy and efforts — made an indelible and tangible impact in that the Government of China indeed did act to fulfill its commitments to ban domestic ivory trade.

The United States has nearly ended its domestic ivory trade, and China and other nations have committed to closing down their domestic ivory markets.

«Only a ban on Japan's domestic ivory trade and permanently ending registration of tusks can rectify the damage.»

Taiwan has introduced a bill that will ban all domestic ivory trade effective January 1, 2020.

«The Government of Japan is not only promoting trade in illegal ivory to sustain its ivory traders, but is also sabotaging international efforts to ban the domestic ivory trade by China and other nations,» said EIA president Allan Thornton.

The Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) commended China for following through on its pledge and urged the Government of Japan to take immediate action to close down its domestic ivory trade.

China, with its 1.3 billion people, must ban all domestic ivory trade as it threatens to push the African elephant to extinction.

Indeed, we are still waiting for Thailand to ban its domestic ivory trade after being congratulated for committing to do so in 2013.

Thailand's Prime Minister repeated claims made in the past pledging to end the domestic ivory trade, yet there is no timeline for this ban and the world's elephants become increasingly endangered while policy change languishes.

As a key element of these efforts to reduce demand, disrupt the trade, and set a global example, we urge the United States to implement a moratorium on domestic ivory trade — an important action that would build upon the messages of the ivory crush and close loopholes in U.S domestic legislation that allow for illicit trade to continue.

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Following news that China is taking steps to close its domestic ivory trade, EIA calls on Japan, the largest remaining ivory market, to also end the trade.

Unlike the U.S., China's government seeks to expand its domestic ivory trade and to import more ivory from Africa.

«We hope this is only the beginning and as a next step the U.S. bans its domestic ivory trade,» said Paula Kahumbu, director of Kenya - based Wildlife Direct.

Taiwan's announced its plan to ban its domestic ivory trade starting on 1 January 2020.