Sentences with phrase «illegal ivory tusks»

EIA first reported in 2015 that Japan's tusk registration scheme was rife with fraudulent declarations that allowed undocumented illegal ivory tusks to be legalized for sale onto Japan's domestic market.

The DEC is planning a public crushing of illegal ivory tusks, trinkets, statues, jewelry and other decorative items it has confiscated over the years in Central Park on Aug. 3 at 10:30 a.m.

Not exact matches

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.

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.

Genetic evidence could prove key in halting the illegal slaughter of Africa's elephants for their ivory tusks

LONDON (Reuters)- Online selling and weak controls on domestic ivory sales in Japan are spurring illegal international trade in elephant tusks and contributing to a steep rise in poaching, activists said on Tuesday.

• Thirty of 37 Japanese ivory traders contacted by an undercover investigator offered to engage in some form of illegal activity to buy, sell, or fraudulently register a tusk that did not qualify for registration

Yahoo! Japan continues to sell large quantities of ivory products on its online auction and shopping sites including whole tusks and hanko name seals, which are often associated with ivory tusks of illegal origin.

The ivory trade is the commercial, often illegal trade inthe ivory tusks of the hippopotamus, walrus, narwhal, [1] mammoth, [2] andmost commonly, Asian and African elephants.

Of 37 ivory traders surveyed, 30 offered to engage in illegal or fraudulent activities including purchasing and processing unregistered tusks of unknown origin or registering tusks using false information.

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.

The campaign is purportedly intended to gauge the size of the national stockpile, but the tusk registration regulations are weak and full of loopholes making it impossible to prevent illegal ivory from being registered.

«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.

«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.

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.

WASHINGTON, DC - The Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) is calling for the closure of Japan's domestic ivory market after new evidence of illegal trade in ivory tusks was linked to the Ministry of Environment's tusk registration scheme.

Six Japanese ivory trading companies that sell ivory via the popular shopping site Yahoo! Japan auctions offered to engage in illegal activities to buy, sell, acquire, or fraudulently register an unregistered ivory tusk.

For example, in 2011 Takaichi Inc., Japan's largest manufacturer of ivory hanko name seals, was exposed for purchasing between 500 and 1600 illegal raw tusks.

These illegal tusks were used to manufacture up to 87 percent of ivory hanko name seals on the Japanese market between 2005 and 2010.

Now, the good news: The government in China, which is by far the biggest market for illegal ivory, is taking strong measures to close its borders to elephant tusks.