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Today Hong Kong Legislative Councilors voted to ban ivory sales in the former epicentre... Read More
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Unfortunately this ban was weakened by two CITES - authorized «one - off» ivory sales in 1999 and 2008.
What has received less media attention thus far, both within Japan and internationally, is that Aeon, Japan's largest retailing company, which is also a prominent owner of some 50 malls, announced that it will no longer permit ivory sales in shops located within its malls.
Two leading companies in Japan have committed to ending ivory sales in order to protect elephants, sending a strong signal within Japan and internationally that the trade in ivory products has no role in Japan's marketplace.
Aeon already banned ivory sales in its own stores and online in 2015, as previously reported by Gendai Inshoh.
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.»
Yet despite eBay's announcement last year of a new global policy banning ivory sales across international borders, ivory sales in the United States appear to have drastically increased.
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.
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Wednesday Questions — Latest assessment of the success of government economic policie; uninsured vehicles in regular use on UK roads; addressing the increase in elephant poaching and the illegal sale of ivory to the Far East.
It points to the environment secretary's crackdown on sales of ivory, his plans to ban new petrol and diesel cars by 2040 and his interest in a deposit scheme for drinks bottles and cans.
In his email, Martens mentions everything from lowering the cap on greenhouse gas emissions and securing funding for long - neglected flood control structures and coastal erosion projects to banning the sale and importation of elephant and rhinoceros ivory and undertaking «one of the largest additions to the forest preserve in the state's history.&raquIn his email, Martens mentions everything from lowering the cap on greenhouse gas emissions and securing funding for long - neglected flood control structures and coastal erosion projects to banning the sale and importation of elephant and rhinoceros ivory and undertaking «one of the largest additions to the forest preserve in the state's history.&raquin the state's history.»
Although eBay introduced a ban in June 2007 on sales of ivory between countries, transactions involving ivory have continued, reveals the International Fund for Animal Welfare, which released its report «Killing with Keystrokes» on Tuesday.
«We simply can't ensure that ivory listed for sale on eBay is in compliance with the complex regulations that govern its sale,» he wrote on his blog last night announcing the new, more comprehensive ban.
As part of the study, two experts manually classified items on sale in the antiques section of eBay, looking at the type of ivory and whether it was potentially legal or illegal.
IFAW argues that in online sales it's impossible to distinguish between legal ivory (antique pieces that predate strict trade treaties on endangered species) and modern, illicit ivory harvested by poachers.
In the US, WCS seeks national and state moratoria on ivory sales.
Law enforcement agencies and conservationist are expected to make use of the system — developed by researchers from the University's Centre for Cyber Security — in their ongoing battle against illegal ivory sales.
The decision came partly in response to a new investigation conducted by the International Fund for Animal Welfare, which found numerous examples of legally dubious ivory sales on the auction site.
«Research could play major role in curbing illegal ivory sales.»
Paula Kahumbu, a science adviser to the Kenyan government, which opposes all ivory sales, views the new techniques more warily: «The suggestion that this DNA fingerprinting will, in essence, be used as a tool to help authorities to facilitate the ivory trade is scary.
But there is an intimate connection: like many terrorist organisations in Africa, Boko Haram is funded by sales of illegal ivory (see «Ivory poaching funds most war and terrorism in Africa «-RRB-.
But with the exception of limited ivory sales that CITES approved in 1999 and 2008, the ban has held firm and has helped rebuild some populations despite the overall decline.
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I accessorised with the ivory silk sash during the day and the Demi Corello gold belt for the evening, sourced from the sample sale at the Charlie Brear flagship store in London.
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In addition, Infiniti throws in an ivory leather weekender bag and a branded car cover and will donate $ 1,000 to Neiman Marcus» charitable foundation with each salIn addition, Infiniti throws in an ivory leather weekender bag and a branded car cover and will donate $ 1,000 to Neiman Marcus» charitable foundation with each salin an ivory leather weekender bag and a branded car cover and will donate $ 1,000 to Neiman Marcus» charitable foundation with each sale.
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The Parties have made it quite clear that there should be no trade in elephant ivory... any legal trade in elephant ivory incentivizes elephant poaching and illegal ivory sales.
112 tonnes of stockpiled ivory will stay off the international market following a decision not to allow a one - time sale by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES).
Kitty Block, vice president of Humane Society International, said, «The Rakuten Group must enact a company - wide ban on ivory sales — global consumers today want no part in this slaughter.
Thailand currently bans the sale of ivory from wild elephants but permits the trade in ivory from captive domestic elephants.
Share our campaign poster EIA has produced this poster in the style of Rakuten's own advertising to spread awareness of the company's elephant ivory sales.
Other hanko name seal retailers in Japan have also ceased ivory sales.
WASHINGTON, DC — Today, the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) praised AEON's official announcement that it will phase out all sales of elephant ivory by tenants in all of AEON's numerous malls across Japan by March 2020.
The Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) praised AEON's official announcement that it will phase out all sales of elephant ivory by tenants in all of AEON's numerous malls across Japan by March 2020.
In November 2008, 108 tonnes of ivory was sold in a «one - off» sale to China and Japan from Botswana, Namibia, South Africa and ZimbabwIn November 2008, 108 tonnes of ivory was sold in a «one - off» sale to China and Japan from Botswana, Namibia, South Africa and Zimbabwin a «one - off» sale to China and Japan from Botswana, Namibia, South Africa and Zimbabwe.
The 4 (d) rule change would prohibit most sales of ivory in interstate or foreign commerce (with exemptions for bona fide antiques and certain manufactured items containing de minimis quantities of ivory) and leave in place other import / export and sales restrictions that the US Fish & Wildlife Service implemented last year.
Other major internet retailers in Japan that have banned ivory products sales include Amazon.com, Google Shopping, and several large hanko name seal traders.
WWF have recently, along with others, linked the ivory trade with wars and «terrorism», although many of us have been saying this since the 80s when wars in Angola, Mozambique, Somalia and Sudan were part funded by money from ivory sales.
In a separate investigation, EIA found millions of dollars of ivory offered for sale in ads or auctions on Japan's leading e-commerce and auction websites — Yahoo! Japan and Rakuten IchibIn a separate investigation, EIA found millions of dollars of ivory offered for sale in ads or auctions on Japan's leading e-commerce and auction websites — Yahoo! Japan and Rakuten Ichibin ads or auctions on Japan's leading e-commerce and auction websites — Yahoo! Japan and Rakuten Ichiba.
• Learn more about Rakuten's decision to cease ivory sales by reading EIA's press release and associated blog post • Check out Blood e-Commerce, our 2014 report on Rakuten's ivory sales • Read about Japan's domestic ivory market and how it contributes to elephant poaching and illegal trade in our two recent reports: Japan's Illegal Ivory Trade (2015) and The Dirty Secrets of Japan's Illegal Ivory Trade (2016)
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.
Starting in 2014, EIA led a campaign calling on Rakuten to end its sales of elephant ivory.
I'm interested to see that WWF and TRAFFIC have welcomed China and the USA's pledge to end trade and domestic sale of ivory «in a timely manner».
Rakuten's laudable decision to ban ivory sales demonstrates the important role that Japanese industry can play in the fight to save the world's elephants.
After receiving no response, we issued a press release in March highlighting Google's ads and sale of ivory and whale products, and Google eventually removed the product ads.
In July, Japanese internet giant Rakuten announced a comprehensive policy change to end all sales of elephant ivory.
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.
Ivory traders are now thought to be stockpiling elephant tusks and ivory products for lucrative sales to the hundreds of thousands of foreigners expected to attend the Beijing Olympics in the summer of 2008.