Sentences with phrase «illegal ivory trade»

The ban is not legally binding, but shows that countries are stepping up toward combating illegal ivory trade.

Dave is a founder of and former Executive Director of EIA UK who undertook extensive undercover investigations into illegal ivory trade and the criminal syndicates behind them in Kenya, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Dubai - United Arab Emirates, Singapore, Hong Kong, and Taiwan.

All legal ivory markets encourage poaching and ivory trafficking, but there is no doubt that Japan in particular is a large market with a serious problem with illegal ivory trade,» Thornton said.

EIA strives to eliminate illegal ivory trade and increase enforcement to protect elephants, both domestically and in range and consuming countries.

Millions of dollars of ivory was destroyed in Central Park on Thursday as the state fights for elephants and against illegal ivory trade.

* Illegal ivory trade receives a blow from a new genetic map of elephants across Africa.

The flourishing domestic ivory markets of Japan and China are now the key driving force behind Africa's poaching epidemic and global illegal ivory trade.»

Radiocarbon measurements have a range of uses, from analysing archaeological finds, to detecting fraudulent works of art, to identifying illegal ivory trading, to assessing the regeneration of brain cells in neurological patients.

Five tons of ivory was crushed earlier this year in Manila at the wildlife bureau compound, in an effort to change it's image as one of the world's hotspots for illegal ivory trading.

Esmond must have been thrilled — and could certainly have viewed as a personal and professional victory — when the Chinese government news agency began to publicly call out Japan - the world's second largest consumer of ivory for taking no action against its own flourishing illegal ivory trade.

TOKYO — Japan's ivory tusk registration system is awash with fraud, fueling illegal ivory trade and undermining international action to protect Africa's disappearing elephants under pressure from intense ivory poaching.

«Africa's elephants are paying for Japan's shocking failure to enact its legal commitments to enforce rigorous controls to prevent illegal ivory trade,» said Allan Thornton, President of EIA.

Born out of the necessity of establishing a U.S. presence from its London sister - office, EIA US began as co-founders Allan Thornton and David Currey uncovered illegal ivory trade flows from Africa through the Middle East to supply markets in Asia.

China's long failure to crack down on its massive illegal ivory trade makes a mockery of its claims to be hosting a «Green Olympics».

China has the largest illegal ivory trade of any nation in the world.

Dave is a founder of and former Executive Director of EIA UK who undertook extensive undercover investigations into illegal ivory trade and the criminal syndicates...

Japan has claimed it is not obliged to abide by the resolution, despite evidence that it has a considerable problem with illegal ivory trade.

Legendary Guns N» Roses guitarist Slash is turning his attention to a new cause beyond rock music — the illegal ivory trade.

Nearly two tons of trinkets, statues and jewelry crafted from the tusks of at least 100 slaughtered elephants are heading for a rock crusher in New York City's Central Park to demonstrate the state's commitment to smashing the illegal ivory trade.

Declining wildlife populations has exacerbated child slavery in Ghana, Somali piracy and the illegal ivory trade

Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has set fire to 11 giant pyres of elephant tusks to show his country's resolve to stamp out the illegal ivory trade and save elephants.

«The historic Kenyan burn aims to send a powerful message against elephant poaching and the illegal ivory trade, yet there is no evidence, so far, that these actions help reduce poaching,» Dr Biggs said.

According to a 2013 study by the University of Washington, the annual number of African elephants being slaughtered to supply the illegal ivory trade is estimated to be as high as 50,000, or roughly one sixth of the continent's remaining elephant population.

The illegal ivory trade threatens the persistence of stable wild elephant populations.

For a few years, poaching declined, herds began recovering, and in 1997 USA Today proclaimed that «the illegal ivory trade has been virtually wiped out.»

The funding of Boko Haram's atrocities by the illegal ivory trade show that poaching is not just a problem for conservationists, but for all of us

(The illegal ivory trade has doubled globally since then, according to another study.)

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

In 2015 sought «endangered» protections for Africa's savannah and forest elephants, with both species vanishing due to the illegal ivory trade.

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.

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.

This exhibition highlights poaching and the illegal ivory trade, and how two of Africa's most grand animals, the elephant and the rhinoceros, teeter on the brink of extinction.

We hope you can join us all and together we can help to ensure an end to the illegal ivory trade and that the only orphans here are from natural causes.

«EBay's affiliates in countries including Germany, Australia, France and China have virtually eliminated the illegal ivory trade on their websites thanks to severe restrictions and outright bans,» said Jeff Flocken, Washington, DC, Office Director.

«Hong Kong is determined to stem the illegal ivory trade,» Secretary for the Environment KS Wong said.

I have known Esmond personally since we first visited Kenya in 1989, when EIA was undertaking a two - year investigation into the illegal ivory trade.

EIA's investigations into the illegal ivory trade have demonstrated repeatedly that any trade in ivory is incompatible with the conservation of elephants.

EIA's investigations trace and expose the illegal ivory trade — we track elephant poaching in Africa, monitor transit activity, and reveal the illegal markets and flawed legal systems that sustain black market trade in consumer countries.

But EIA President Allan Thornton added: «Japan is awash with illegal ivory trade and Rakuten's thousands of ivory ads help fuel the mass slaughter of elephants across Africa.

Despite a landmark decision at CITES CoP17 in 2016 to close down domestic ivory markets, the Government of Japan has refused to ban ivory sales or acknowledge the role Japan plays in the illegal ivory trade and poaching of elephants.

EIA investigations in Japan have confirmed that illegal ivory trade is rife because the government does not require any meaningful proof of legality to register a tusk.

«To show it is serious about stopping its illegal ivory trade problem, Japan needs to cease all registration of whole tusks immediately as a step in closing its domestic ivory market,» said Grabiel.

EIA continues to urge all nations to implement domestic trade bans and close down loopholes that enable the illegal ivory trade to persist.

EIA will be submitting comments on the proposed rule and encourages others to weigh in, letting FWS know how important and appreciated strong U.S. regulations are to counter the illegal ivory trade, reduce the demand for ivory, and devalue ivory as a commodity.

If China were to ban its domestic commercial ivory trade in a timely fashion, it would be a critically important contribution towards eliminating the illegal ivory trade and reducing the slaughter of Africa's elephants.

He further insisted: «Accusations the Government of Tanzania pays no attention to illegal ivory trade, and takes no action against culprits of the crime, are baseless.»

EIA's evidence gathered over twenty - eight years of conducting undercover investigations into illegal ivory trade — more than any other organization in the world — demonstrates that legal ivory trade at both the national and international level is incompatible with the conservation of elephants.

Through our investigations we trace and expose the illegal ivory trade — tracking elephant poaching in Africa, monitoring transit activity, and revealing the illegal markets and flawed legal systems that sustain black market trade in consumer countries.

EIA's investigators went undercover to expose China's illegal ivory trade.