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'IF WE STOPPED POACHING TOMORROW, ELEPHANTS WOULD STILL BE IN BIG TROUBLE'
Every year, around 100 people and 40 to 50 elephants are killed as a result in India, for example... READ MORE›
CHINA'S IVORY BAN SPARKS DRAMATIC DROP IN PRICES ACROSS ASIA
Prices of raw ivory in Vietnam have fallen, which traders are linking to China's announcement of its domestic ivory ban, according to new research... READ MORE›
CONSERVATIONISTS CAST DOUBT ON CHINA'S IVORY TRADE BAN
Beijing Ivory Carving Factory is one of the companies that will close in the coming months... READ MORE›
CHINA IS LOSING ITS TASTE FOR IVORY
Good news for Africa's elephants China is losing its taste for ivory... READ MORE›
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CHINA ANNOUNCES BAN ON IVORY TRADE BY END OF 2017
Signalling an end to the world's primary legal ivory market and a major boost to international efforts to tackle the elephant poaching crisis in Africa ... READ MORE›
CHINA'S VOW TO SHUT DOWN ITS IVORY TRADE BY THE END OF 2017 IS A 'GAME CHANGER' FOR ELEPHANTS
There was also a realization that China's key role in the illicit ivory trade was damaging its image in Africa... READ MORE›
'WE RECALCULATED ABOUT 1,000 TIMES BECAUSE WE DIDN'T BELIEVE WHAT WE WERE SEEING'
When world-renowned elephant expert Iain Douglas-Hamilton conducted the first aerial survey of Tanzania in 1976, the country had 316,000 elephants, the largest pachyderm population on the planet... READ MORE›
CHINA SAYS IT WILL SHUT DOWN IVORY TRADE BY END OF 2017
Post to Facebook China says it will shut down ivory trade by end of 2017 The move is designed to curb the mass slaughter of African elephants... READ MORE›
CHINA TO BAN IVORY TRADE BY THE END OF 2017
The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora CITES, which took effect in 1975, banned the ivory trade in 1989... READ MORE›
BRING IN A TOTAL BAN ON IVORY SALES, 100 POLITICIANS, CONSERVATIONISTS AND CELEBRITIES SAY
Open letter the british government must take global leadership with a 'total ban' on the ivory tradeA... READ MORE›
EU SET TO BAN RAW IVORY EXPORTS FROM JULY
The EU needs to take responsibility and finally ban its own ivory trade as well as all exports... READ MORE›
BID FOR STRONGEST PROTECTION FOR ALL AFRICAN ELEPHANTS DEFEATED AT WILDLIFE SUMMIT
On Monday a proposal to add the elephants in Namibia, South Africa, Zimbabwe and Botswana to appendix 1 was defeated... READ MORE›
CHINA TO BAN IVORY TRADE WITHIN A YEAR OR SO, AS PRESSURE MOUNTS ON HONG KONG
Wildlife groups say Hong Kong's legal ivory trade provides cover for a vast illegal trade that is fueling a poaching crisis decimating elephant herds in Africa... READ MORE›
FIVE ELEPHANTS WERE SLAIN WHILE THE WORLD MOURNS CECIL THE LION
Poachers killed five elephants in Tsavo West National Park on Monday night... READ MORE›
WORLD'S NATIONS AGREE ELEPHANT IVORY MARKETS MUST CLOSE
International pressure to close domestic ivory markets is building... READ MORE›
FAMILY OF BRITON KILLED BY ELEPHANT POACHERS LAUNCH ?1M IVORY APPEAL
Up to 100 elephants are killed every day in Africa, Max Gower said... READ MORE›
AS THE WORLD MOURNED THE DEATH OF CECIL THE LION, FIVE ENDANGERED ELEPHANTS WERE KILLED IN KENYA
As the world mourned the death of Cecil the lion, five endangered elephants were killed in Kenya... READ MORE›
AFRICAN ELEPHANT NUMBERS PLUMMET DURING 'WORST DECLINE IN 25 YEARS'
In 1989 Cities banned international trade in ivory by listing all African elephant populations in its appendix 1... READ MORE›
GPS IN FAKE TUSKS TRACKS IVORY POACHING TO TERRORISTS
The National Geographic investigation, Tracking Ivory, used fake tusks with GPS implants to track the trade route. Journalist Bryan Christy reports... READ MORE›
FIVE ELEPHANTS WERE SLAIN WHILE THE WORLD MOURNS CECIL THE LION
Poachers killed five elephants in Tsavo West National Park on Monday night... READ MORE›
DAVID ATTENBOROUGH CALLS ON CHINESE PRESIDENT TO END IVORY TRADE
And a group of broadcasters, conservationists and MPs have called on the Chinese president to end his country's ivory trade and save African elephants from extinction... READ MORE›
ELEPHANTS ON THE PATH TO EXTINCTION
Many elephants, particularly in the forests of central Africa, are not only targeted for their ivory... READ MORE›
'ELEPHANTS ARE NOT THE ONLY VICTIMS'
It is true that elephants are endangered, but the art of ivory carving is in greater danger... READ MORE›
ACTIVISTS HOPE U.S. ACTION HALTS AFRICAN IVORY TRADE IN ITS TRACKS
Across the city Harriet Wilson cares for baby elephants orphaned by ivory poachers... READ MORE›
AFRICAN 'BLOOD IVORY' DESTROYED IN NEW YORK TO SIGNAL CRACKDOWN ON ILLEGAL TRADE
Kelly Aylward, director of the Washington office of the Wildlife Conservation Society, countered that such events demonstrate the ivory has no monetary value... READ MORE›
KENYA SETS FIRE TO HUGE IVORY STOCKPILE
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has set fire to a huge stockpile of ivory in an effort to show his country's commitment to saving Africa's elephants... READ MORE›
UK TO CRACK DOWN ON ILLEGAL IVORY SALES
Maintaining domestic ivory markets helps fuel the illegal killing of thousands of elephants... READ MORE›
KENYA TO BURN BIGGEST EVER STOCKPILE OF IVORY
Four countries - Kenya, Gabon, Uganda and Botswana - have among them more than half of Africa's remaining elephants... READ MORE›
AFTER CECIL THE LION, ZIMBABWEANS WORRY ABOUT LOSING ELEPHANTS TO CHINA
After cecil the lion zimbabweans worry about losing elephants to china... READ MORE›
AFRICA'S ELEPHANTS FACE WORST DROP IN 25 YEARS
Africa's elephant population has suffered its largest drop in 25 years, the International Union for Conservation of Nature IUCN has said, blaming the plummeting numbers on poaching... READ MORE›
CHINA BANS IVORY CARVING IMPORTS FOR A YEAR
Authorities impose temporary ban amid criticism that China is driving slaughter of African elephants, but wildlife groups say domestic ivory trade needs tackling... READ MORE›
LEGAL IVORY SALE DROVE DRAMATIC INCREASE IN ELEPHANT POACHING, STUDY SHOWS
A huge legal sale of ivory intended to cut elephant poaching instead catastrophically backfired by dramatically increasing elephant deaths, according to new research... READ MORE›
THE WORLD'S LARGEST IVORY BURN IS HAPPENING IN KENYA ON SATURDAY
The worlds largest ivory burn is happening in Kenya on Saturday... READ MORE›
BREAKAWAY AFRICAN COUNTRIES DEMAND RESUMPTION OF IVORY TRADE
A booming illegal wildlife trade has put huge pressure on an existing treaty signed by more than 180 countries... READ MORE›