Sentences with phrase «large ivory seizures»
January 1, 2012 • 2011 has seen a record number of large ivory seizures globally.
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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.
«But when you look at large ivory seizures, which represent 70 percent of illegal ivory by weight, you get a different picture.»
Not exact matches
One of the biggest seizures contained large amounts of ivory from both hotspots, suggesting a link between the major dealers operating in these two areas.
Genetic assignment of large seizures of elephant ivory reveals Africa's major poaching hotspots
Working with Interpol, the International Criminal Police Organization, Wasser and colleagues have now sampled DNA from 28 large seizures of African ivory — each more than a half - ton — that police and custom officers had confiscated in Africa and Asia between 1996 and 2014.
The recovered items represent the largest seizure of illegal elephant ivory in New York State history.