Sentences with phrase «on illegal ivory»

Even though other countries are clamping down on illegal ivory, the unconstrained trade in Japan may offer loopholes for criminals to keep selling ivory — fuelling elephant poaching

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The DEC is planning a public crushing of illegal ivory tusks, trinkets, statues, jewelry and other decorative items it has confiscated over the years in Central Park on Aug. 3 at 10:30 a.m.

Millions of dollars of ivory was destroyed in Central Park on Thursday as the state fights for elephants and against illegal ivory trade.

EBay has already banned the sale of bullets, guns and pornography on its site and plans to crack down on endangered animal sales with the help of software filters that flag words such as «ivory» and prevent sellers from posting listings of illegal items, Cartwright said.

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.

On November 14, the U.S. destroyed six tons of illegal ivory to raise awareness about the plight of elephants.

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

While The Ivory Game's ambitiously broad look at the illegal ivory trade takes on a bit more than it needs to, it does shed some definite light on a growing global problem.

Threatened by loss of habitat and illegal ivory poaching, the African Elephant is currently on the verge of extinction.

Our sister company Ashnil Mara Camp participated in the International Global Elephant Walk on 4th October in the Masai Mara to raise awareness against poaching and illegal ivory trade.

This exhibition highlights poaching and the illegal ivory trade, and how two of Africa's most grand animals, the elephant and the rhinoceros, teeter on the brink of extinction.

«EBay's affiliates in countries including Germany, Australia, France and China have virtually eliminated the illegal ivory trade on their websites thanks to severe restrictions and outright bans,» said Jeff Flocken, Washington, DC, Office Director.

Yahoo! Japan continues to sell large quantities of ivory products on its online auction and shopping sites including whole tusks and hanko name seals, which are often associated with ivory tusks of illegal origin.

On June 19th, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service crushed a ton of seized illegal ivory in New York's Times Square, and last week top officials from the United States and China focused on combating wildlife trafficking at the annual Strategic & Economic DialoguOn June 19th, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service crushed a ton of seized illegal ivory in New York's Times Square, and last week top officials from the United States and China focused on combating wildlife trafficking at the annual Strategic & Economic Dialoguon combating wildlife trafficking at the annual Strategic & Economic Dialogue.

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.

• 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 Tradeillegal trade in our two recent reports: Japan's Illegal Ivory Trade (2015) and The Dirty Secrets of Japan's Illegal Ivory TradeIllegal Ivory Trade (2015) and The Dirty Secrets of Japan's Illegal Ivory TradeIllegal Ivory Trade (2016)

Gambling on Extinction is a powerful documentary that explores the complexities of the illegal trade in elephant ivory and rhino horn, from the African sources to Asian markets.

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's ivory tusk registration scheme is a poacher's paradise, allowing vast amounts of illegal tusks to be legalized for sale on Japan's domestic market,» said EIA president, Allan Thornton.

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.

10.10 and its implications for Japan's domestic ivory market that finds Japan's ivory market does in fact contribute to poaching and illegal trade and thus is not exempt from the 2016 ban on domestic elephant ivory markets.

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.

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.

On November 14th, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service destroyed nearly six tons of illegal ivory.

EIA will be submitting comments on the proposed rule and encourages others to weigh in, letting FWS know how important and appreciated strong U.S. regulations are to counter the illegal ivory trade, reduce the demand for ivory, and devalue ivory as a commodity.

France became the first European country to destroy its stocks of illegal ivory on Thursday in a dramatic warning to those involved in the lucrative wildlife trade that is endangering elephants and other species.

These illegal tusks were used to manufacture up to 87 percent of ivory hanko name seals on the Japanese market between 2005 and 2010.

Leading experts fighting ivory poaching recognize that success lies in stopping demand as much as it rests on seizing large shipments of illegal ivory.

Interestingly, the legal ivory trade in China — which relied on stockpiled goods collected before the global ban — has inadvertently worked to harbor a booming illegal trade that has fueled poaching.

That may have been the case even a decade ago, but today searches on eBay and other sites can turn up all sorts of illegal animal products from elephant ivory to rare reptiles.

WWF, the wildlife charity, says the decision by the body which monitors illegal trade in endangered species to close the doors on its discussions over the ivory trade risk harming the body's credibility.