Sentences with phrase «ivory seizures»
"Ivory seizures" refers to the confiscation or seizure of illegally traded ivory, which comes from the tusks of elephants. It means that authorities have taken these ivory goods in order to prevent illegal poaching and protect the endangered elephants. Full definition
Most notably, Parties will be required to submit DNA samples from ivory seizures of more than 500 kg to an appropriate facility for source analysis.
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The study revealed that 96 percent of ivory seizures originated from four geographical areas, and from just two after 2007.
January 1, 2012 • 2011 has seen a record number of large ivory seizures globally.
This surge was directly correlated to a more than quadrupling of local black - market ivory prices paid to poachers and tripling in the volume and number of illegal ivory seizures through Kenyan ports of transit.
For example, analysis showed that the largest ivory seizure in history — a 6.5 - ton cache representing ivory from up to 6,500 elephants, recovered in Singapore in 2002 — came primarily from Zambia.
His team analyzed 28 ivory seizures made between 1996 and 2014, each constituting half a ton of tusks or more.
«But when you look at large ivory seizures, which represent 70 percent of illegal ivory by weight, you get a different picture.»
The report examines such matters as elephant mortality, ivory seizures, stockpiles, law enforcement budgets and staffing levels in selected areas in nine of the states in which the African elephant roams.
In the new paper, the UW group used its method to analyze 28 large ivory seizures, each more than half a ton, made between 1996 and 2014.
We genetically assign origin to 28 large ivory seizures (≥ 0.5 metric tons) made between 1996 and 2014, also testing assignment accuracy.