Japan has claimed it is not obliged to abide by the resolution, despite evidence that it has a considerable problem
with illegal ivory trade.
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.
Advocacy groups such as WildAid have, however, shown that traders often use loopholes within Hong Kong's laws to re-stock their «legal» ivory stockpiles
with illegal ivory from recently poached elephants.
Not exact matches
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.
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.
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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.
In addition to fueling global demand for
ivory — both legal and
illegal — auctions flood the market
with legal
ivory, making it easier to sell the essentially identical products of poaching.
He made the comment in announcing guilty pleas from two dealers and their businesses caught in New York City
with upwards of a ton of
illegal ivory goods
with a retail value estimated at $ 2 million.
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.
EIA's investigations into the
illegal ivory trade have demonstrated repeatedly that any trade in
ivory is incompatible
with the conservation of elephants.
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.
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.
EIA first reported in 2015 that Japan's tusk registration scheme was rife
with fraudulent declarations that allowed undocumented
illegal ivory tusks to be legalized for sale onto Japan's domestic market.
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.
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.
«Poaching and
illegal ivory markets in central and western Africa must be effectively suppressed before any further
ivory sales take place,» said Elisabeth McLellan, species program manager
with WWF International.