Sentences with phrase «ivory trade with»

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.

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After interacting with local rangers and wildlife experts and sensing the urgency of the situation, Slash and fellow band mate Myles Kennedy were inspired to write «Beneath the Savage Sun,» a new song from his latest solo album that illustrates the brutal ivory trade from an elephant's point of view.

The World Bank loaned them $ 3 million to beef up their anti-poaching patrols, and no one in the government today seems deeply into the trophy or ivory trade, not with their coffee shambas paying off the way they are.

Rightfully banned in 1989 by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) and condemned by anyone with a conscience, ivory is now mostly relegated to dusty china cabinets and old piano keys.

It is, therefore, fitting that one of the leading proponents against the ivory trade recently — along with David Beckham and Jackie Chan, who, one could argue, are «royalty» in their own rights — is the future King of England and heir to the colonial legacy, Prince William.

1482 - Portuguese settlers arrive and begin trading in gold, ivory and timber with various Akan states.

They returned with countless walrus snouts, whose ivory tusks they removed and prepared for trade with Europe.

The Norse paid tithe to the Norwegian king and to the Catholic Church in ivory, and traded it with European merchants for supplies like iron, boat parts, and wood.

Although African elephants are listed as an endangered species, with between 500,000 and 600,000 left in the wild, some African countries continue to push for legalizing trade in ivory tusks.

«It's a double - edged sword,» says Julian Newman, a senior campaigner with the London - based Environmental Investigation Agency, which has tracked the ivory trade extensively.

«I became totally disgusted with the ivory trade.»

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.

Trading one strapless getup for another, wears an ivory Calvin Klein Collection tuxedo jumpsuit with a coordinating clutch, smoky gray necklace and some seriously pointy Christian Louboutin pumps at the CFDA / Vogue Fashion Fund event in L.A.

Sarah Jessica Parker traded in her LBD from the night before for a LWD, selecting an ivory tulip - print Alexander McQueen dress, styling it with an eclectic mix of jewelry, including a Veronika Borchers for Pearl Collective necklace, and metallic aqua SJP open - toe pumps.

Shed darks and trade them in for light neutral layers, like an ivory coat with an oatmeal knit over white skinnies.

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Bigelow also directed and partnered with Annapurna on the animated short LAST DAYS, about illegal elephant poaching and the ivory trade.

by Walter Chaw David Yates's The Legend of Tarzan is at once a long - overdue, if massively - fictionalized, biopic of George Washington Williams's time in the Congo observing colonial Belgium's abuses of the rubber, ivory, and diamond trades; and it's an adaptation, nay, updating of Edgar Rice Burroughs's first five Tarzan books, with heavy creative license taken but the spirit kept largely intact.

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As with tiger parts, exotic pets, elephant ivory, ebony and other rare, but coveted biological goods, stemming demand is as vital as clamping down on illicit trade.

With its nearly unlimited scope, largely unregulated access and relative anonymity, the Internet has emerged as the preferred method for the illicit trade of elephant ivory and other endangered animals and their parts.

Conservation groups say poachers are wiping out tens of thousands of elephants a year, more than at any time in the previous two decades, with the underground ivory trade becoming increasingly militarized.

«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.»

Esmond — with his indefatigable energy and efforts — made an indelible and tangible impact in that the Government of China indeed did act to fulfill its commitments to ban domestic ivory trade.

Internationally, we champion a full and complete ban on all international trade in ivory, with no exceptions.

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

Revelations of rampant fraud in the Japanese system coincide with a rapid rise in ivory trade in Japan and a poaching epidemic in Africa, where more than 30,000 elephants are being slaughtered each year for their tusks.

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.

The resolution calls for the closure of domestic ivory markets in countries with legal markets linked to illegal trade or poaching.

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.

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Illegal hunting to feed the ivory trade is an enormous threat, with some 100,000 elephants across Africa killed illegally between 2010 and 2012 — or one every 15 minutes.

The Tokyo Metropolitan Police announced on June 20th that it had charged the president of antique company, Raftel, and 27 customers with violating Japan's Law for the Conservation of Endangered Species (LCES) for illegal trade in unregistered ivory.

«Japan is awash with ivory of dubious legality and fraud, and abuse of ivory trade controls are rampant,» Thornton continued.

The Tokyo Police announced on June 20th that it had charged the president of antique company, Raftel, and 27 customers with violating Japan's Law for the Conservation of Endangered Species (LCES) for illegal trade in unregistered ivory.

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

Often represented by pro-ivory trade voices as being the best - controlled ivory trade in Asia, Japan's domestic ivory trade system is in reality riddled with loopholes that can be used to launder illegal ivory.

In the wake of the historic ivory crush, the United States must follow up with strong policies that will help crush the ivory trade and bring an end to the poaching crisis.

China, with its 1.3 billion people, must ban all domestic ivory trade as it threatens to push the African elephant to extinction.

Along the same lines as a proposed ivory trade, a legal rhino horn trade directly conflicts with and undermines demand reduction strategies and serves as a means to launder illegally obtained products.

Its ivory burn put that country in conflict with its southern neighbors who wanted to expand the ivory trade, and it cost Kenya a lot of potential revenue.