Sentences with phrase «ivory markets»
The phrase "ivory markets" refers to the buying and selling of ivory, which comes from the tusks of elephants. Full definition
The announcement is an important first step by Chinese authorities toward implementing the country's commitment to close its domestic ivory market by the end of 2017.
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History has proven that the sale of ivory can not be controlled nor does a legal ivory market reduce demand.
All nations, particularly those with large ivory markets, should implement permanent and comprehensive bans on commercial ivory trade with immediate effect.
In 2016, 180 parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES), including Japan, unanimously agreed upon a resolution calling for the closure of domestic ivory markets in countries with legal markets linked to illegal trade or poaching.
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.
«Poaching and illegal ivory markets in central and western Africa must be effectively suppressed before any further ivory sales take place,» said Elisabeth McLellan, species program manager with WWF International.
The Chinese government enacted a ban on the commercial sale of elephant ivory last year, and the legal mammoth ivory market has been booming since.
Appearing in the August 7th online edition of the journal Conservation Biology, the paper says that if we are to conserve significant wild populations of elephants across all regions of Africa, all domestic and international ivory markets need to be closed.
And we have good reason to believe that rebel militias are players in a worldwide ivory market worth millions and millions of dollars a year.
While elephant ivory sales provide astronomical funds for criminals and terrorists, the consumer ivory market is small compared to autos, solar panels and electronics.
«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.»
This is the case in the U.S. ivory market — one of the largest in the world — where traffickers exploit regulatory loopholes in order to misrepresent illegal ivory as legal ivory.
WWF stated at the time «Ending ivory trade in Thailand — currently the world's largest unregulated ivory market — will go a long way in stemming a global poaching crisis that is leading to the slaughter of tens of thousands of elephants each year and fuelling a global criminal trade in animal parts.»
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.
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.
JOHANNESBURG — The Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) is calling on Japan to close its domestic ivory market because it contributes to illegal trade and the poaching of Africa's elephants.
EIA's appeal comes on the heels of a resolution adopted by countries yesterday at the Convention for International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Caught Flora and Fauna (CITES) 17th Conference of the Parties (CoP 17) recommending closure of domestic ivory markets globally on an urgent basis.
Last October 180 member nations of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) agreed unanimously to close domestic ivory markets where they contribute to illegal trade or poaching.
Allowing «one - off» sales, evaluating so - called regulated ivory markets and discussing a potential trade in ivory have not worked to reduce poaching — in fact, they have only served to increase demand and the poaching it fuels.
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.
«Reducing demand from China, the world's biggest ivory market, is probably the single most important factor that could help end the widespread poaching of elephants in Africa,» writes Denver.
«While the issue of whether sales should be allowed to proceed or not has dominated much of the discussions here in Qatar, WWF and TRAFFIC believe the key driving force behind the ongoing elephant poaching is the continued existence of illegal domestic ivory markets across parts of Africa and Asia,» said Steven Broad, executive director of TRAFFIC, the wildlife trade monitoring network of WWF and International Union for Conservation of Nature, IUCN.
Legal domestic ivory markets provide major cover for selling illegal elephant ivory, and undercut effective enforcement.
AEON's environment representative connected AEON's policy change to the global movement to close ivory markets.
Addressing the demand is absolutely essential if we are going to deal with the poaching issues... Certainly closing down domestic ivory in China will have a dramatic impact, the Chinese market is the largest ivory market in the world.
Strong leadership globally will be instrumental in closing down these problematic legal ivory markets and removing regulatory loopholes that support the illicit ivory trade.
Increasing threats from organized crime and the presence of unregulated markets have resulted in a «highly significant correlation» between large - scale domestic ivory markets in Asia and Africa and poor law enforcement, the report suggests.
Officials in China say that by the end of the year, they will be shutting down the country's ivory market.
By the time you eat breakfast, another elephant has been slaughtered to produce trinkets for the ivory market.»
Legal ivory markets that are supposed to only deal in stockpiles and antiques inevitably launder poached ivory.
The message is simple: to save elephants, all ivory markets must close and all ivory stockpiles must be destroyed, according to a new peer - reviewed paper by the Wildlife Conservation Society.
«All ivory markets must close, study suggests.»
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.»
The journal Nature reported recently that modafinil and other «cognitive enhancers» are in particular demand on the «ivory market» of academia.
China has a voracious appetite for elephant ivory, but the country plans to shut down its ivory market by the end of 2017.
On December 31, 2016 China announced it was shutting down the world's largest ivory market.
More importantly, the story shows how, at several levels, the Chinese government has cornered the ivory market and, by raising prices, intensified poaching pressure on elephants.
The United States has nearly ended its domestic ivory trade, and China and other nations have committed to closing down their domestic ivory markets.
At the IUCN World Conservation Congress in Hawaii last year, delegates passed a motion to ban all domestic ivory markets.
«It is our hope that we can use our expertise to convince policy makers at home and abroad of the need for these regulations and to close all domestic ivory markets.»
Any doors closed on the ivory market mark a good day for the future of elephants.
Although useful to close any ivory market I thought at the time it was a diversion from their pro-legal ivory trade position.
Unfortunately, special interest groups like the National Rifle Association are attempting to undermine this progress by supporting a bill introduced by Congressman Don Young (R - AK), which would prevent any changes from being made to how the United States treats its ivory market, thus allowing loopholes to remain.
EIA is working to ensure the strongest regulatory ban on the ivory trade is implemented and believes strong U.S. leadership is needed to focus the international dialogue on closing down all domestic ivory markets, both illegal and legal.
Japan has one of the world's largest domestic ivory markets, and Rakuten was once Japan's leading online retailer of ivory products.
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.