Sentences with phrase «prevent illegal ivory»

The campaign is purportedly intended to gauge the size of the national stockpile, but the tusk registration regulations are weak and full of loopholes making it impossible to prevent illegal ivory from being registered.

Rigorously applied, the registration system is intended to prevent illegal ivory from entering Japan's market.

«Africa's elephants are paying for Japan's shocking failure to enact its legal commitments to enforce rigorous controls to prevent illegal ivory trade,» said Allan Thornton, President of EIA.

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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.