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SHUTTING DOWN EU IVORY TRADE IS A PERSONAL PRIORITY FOR BORIS JOHNSON
Baldwin said British foreign secretary Boris Johnson had made the issue a personal priority, and is dedicated to ending the illegal ivory trade... READ MORE›
AFRICA LIVE: CHILD DIES AFTER FALLING DOWN TOILET
Surgeons operated on a man believing he had a blood clot on the brain... READ MORE›
LEADING IVORY TRADE INVESTIGATOR FOUND DEAD IN KENYA
He was an expert on the prices of ivory and rhino horn, leading undercover investigations into markets in China and Southeast Asia... READ MORE›
LEADING IVORY TRADE INVESTIGATOR MURDERED IN KENYA
We have four suspects in custody, Nairobi Police Chief Japheth Koome said... READ MORE›
LEADING IVORY TRADE INVESTIGATOR MURDERED IN KENYA
He was one of the most important people at the forefront of exposing the ivory trade, addressing the traffickers and dealers themselves, Kahumbu said... READ MORE›
AN AMERICAN SPENT DECADES EXPOSING THE IVORY TRADE. HE WAS JUST FOUND DEAD IN HIS HOME.
...We learned about the ivory trade from carvers, middlemen and vendors in shops selling ivory... READ MORE›
US INVESTIGATOR OF IVORY, RHINO HORN TRADE KILLED IN KENYA
Martin led investigations into the illegal trade of elephant ivory and rhino horn that threatens the two species with extinction, said Kenyan conservationist Paula Kahumbu... READ MORE›
'A GIANT OF CONSERVATION': TOP INVESTIGATOR OF IVORY TRADE KILLED IN KENYA
Conservationist Paula Kahumbu said Martin led investigations into the illegal trade of elephant ivory and rhino horn that threatens the two species with extinction... READ MORE›
UK POLITICIANS, GROUPS CALL CHINA'S IVORY BAN 'HISTORICAL DECISION'
It has also reminded Chinese companies and individuals in African countries not to participate in illegal ivory trade, he said... READ MORE›
HONG KONG BANS DOMESTIC SALE OF IVORY
China, however, continued to allow ivory sales domestically... READ MORE›
HK BANS IVORY TRADE IN 'HISTORIC' VOTE
Hong Kong's lawmakers have voted overwhelmingly to ban the trade in ivory, in a move campaigners described as a lifeline for elephants ... READ MORE›
A KINGPIN SMUGGLED IVORY TUSKS AND RHINO HORNS FOR YEARS, POLICE SAY. THE SUSPECT WAS FINALLY CAUGHT.
Days before Boonchai's arrest, Thai authorities seized 326 pounds of African elephant ivory, including three large tusks, worth around 469,800 from a Bangkok airport... READ MORE›
PRESSURE GROWS FOR UK TO BRING IN BLANKET BAN ON IVORY TRADE
Around 20,000 a year are still being slaughtered because of the global demand for ivory... READ MORE›
CHINA'S IVORY TRADE BAN OFFERS HOPE FOR FUTURE OF AFRICAN ELEPHANTS
Spotlight China's ivory trade ban offers hope for future of African elephants... READ MORE›
CHINA FULLY CLOSES DOOR ON IVORY TRADE
Recently, many customers seized their last opportunity to buy ivory products at the store... READ MORE›
CHINA ENTERS 2018 WITH IVORY BAN IN FORCE
We can start 2018 hopeful that elephants will be safer now that China has banned commercial ivory sales, he said... READ MORE›
CHINA BAN ON DOMESTIC IVORY SALES COMES INTO FORCE
China, one of the world's biggest markets for African ivory, announced last year that it would outlaw all domestic trade and processing by the end of 2017... READ MORE›
CHINA'S BAN ON IVORY 'WILL GREATLY REDUCE ELEPHANT POACHING'
In 2014, Yao Ming proposed to the National People's Congress that ivory sales be banned in China... 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 IS LOSING ITS TASTE FOR IVORY
Good news for Africa's elephants China is losing its taste for ivory... 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›
UK NAMED AS WORLD'S LARGEST LEGAL IVORY EXPORTER
A new trade analysis reveals the scale of Britain's role in the international ivory trade... 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›
'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›
BORIS JOHNSON BACKS 'ALL-OUT BAN' ON IVORY SALES
Animal rights campaigners believe laws to regulate the ivory trade are ineffective and perpetuate illicit sales, driving rhino and elephant poaching... 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›
PUSH FOR BAN ON DOMESTIC IVORY TRADE SPURS FEUD AT INTERNATIONAL SUMMIT
There's truly a crisis for elephants and we need to close the elephant ivory markets... 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›
OBAMA ADMINISTRATION TARGETS TRADE IN AFRICAN ELEPHANT IVORY
The changes would restrict the sale of African elephant ivory across state lines in the United States while adding new limits to commercial exports... READ MORE›
WORLD'S NATIONS AGREE ELEPHANT IVORY MARKETS MUST CLOSE
International pressure to close domestic ivory markets is building... READ MORE›
ZIMBABWE DEFENDS PLAN TO SELL 27 ELEPHANTS TO CHINA
A herd of African elephants drinking at a muddy waterhole in Hwange national Park in Zimbabwe... 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›
IVORY SALES IN CHINA FINALLY END THIS MONTH. BUT ELEPHANTS AREN'T YET SAFE.
The art of ivory carving survived even the tumult of China's Cultural Revolution, but he's worried it may soon die out... 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›
MORE THAN 1,000 PEOPLE KILLED IN INDIA AS HUMAN AND WILDLIFE HABITATS COLLIDE
Data shows that about one person has been killed on average every day for the past three years by roaming tigers or rampaging elephants... 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 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›