Sentences with phrase «global ivory trade»

Threats to Africa's Elephants The single greatest threat to Africa's elephants is the global the ivory trade.

In 1989, EIA's groundbreaking exposé revealed rampant elephant poaching and a booming global ivory trade, perpetrated by a network of criminals and corrupt officials in Africa and in importing nations.

To EIA, Daphne became an important source of valuable information that helped guide our initial two years» worth of investigations into the global ivory trade.

Not exact matches

Of course, the ivory trade is only one part of a web of wildlife crime that is itself part of a global criminal network dealing in drugs, weapons and people.

In spite of a global ban, the illegal ivory trade has exploded, with most of the demand coming from Asian countries, particularly China.

While The Ivory Game's ambitiously broad look at the illegal ivory trade takes on a bit more than it needs to, it does shed some definite light on a growing global problem.

TRAFFIC's global elephant and rhino programme leader describes the current rhino and elephant poaching crisis, and the illegal trade in their horn and ivory that is driving this.

Our sister company Ashnil Mara Camp participated in the International Global Elephant Walk on 4th October in the Masai Mara to raise awareness against poaching and illegal ivory trade.

In 1989, in response to the first global elephant poaching crisis of the 1970s and 80s, the international trade in ivory was banned.

«EIA continues to encourage the Government of Japan to urgently close its legal domestic ivory market consistent with the CITES resolution and global efforts to protect elephants from the deadly ivory trade.»

EIA has been at the forefront of the global battle to halt the blood ivory trade for over 25 years.

«By ending ivory trade on its Japanese site, Rakuten has demonstrated its commitment to progressive environmental policies and global conservation leadership,» said Amy Zets Croke, EIA Policy Analyst.

At the Clinton Global Initiative's annual meeting in September, leaders from seven African elephant range states committed or recommitted to banning ivory imports, exports and domestic trade in their countries.

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.

Treehugger has reported on several of DiCaprio's efforts, dating back to 2004, including the above - mentioned World Wildlife Fund, the fight to end the ivory trade by the International Fund for Animal Welfare, clean water efforts by Global Green USA and the Natural Resources Defense Council.

Ivory pieces will be crushed in a first global push by the United States to stop the illegal ivory trade.

Interestingly, the legal ivory trade in China — which relied on stockpiled goods collected before the global ban — has inadvertently worked to harbor a booming illegal trade that has fueled poaching.

It is not limited to rhino horn and ivory: lizards, snakes, tigers, birds, pangolins, fish stocks are also part of this global trade.