Three Tonnes of Ivory Seized In Vietnam
Vietnamese authorities have seized nearly three tonnes of ivory hidden among boxes of fruit, officials said Sunday, the latest haul ...
Tag: Ivory trade
African Park Ranger Hits Out At Hong Kong Ivory Trade
A frontline park ranger from the Democratic Republic of Congo on Tuesday delivered an emotive testimony to legislators against the ...
China Rejects Uganda Ivory Trafficking Claims Against Diplomats
China on Thursday rejected allegations that two of its diplomats working in Uganda were involved in the trafficking of ivory ...
Hope For Elephants As Ivory Prices Fall
The price of ivory has fallen by nearly two-thirds in the last three years, according to research conducted in China ...
Hong Kong Convicts Two For Ivory On Radiocarbon Dating
A Hong Kong court has convicted two men for illegal possession of ivory chopsticks after radiocarbon dating proved it was ...
Tanzania Jails Notorious Elephant Poacher
Tanzania’s most notorious elephant poacher, nicknamed “The Devil”, has been sentenced to 12 years in prison. Boniface Matthew Maliango was ...
Gabon’s Forest Elephants Slain For Ivory At Alarming Rate
Poachers are killing elephants for their ivory at an alarming rate in the central African nation of Gabon, leading to ...
China Announces Ban On Ivory Trade By End of 2017
China has announced a ban on all ivory trade and processing activities by the end of 2017. Conservation groups hailed ...
German Minister For the Environment To Visit Kenya
The German Federal Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety, Dr. Barbara Hendricks, will visit Kenya from ...
High Demand for Ivory In China Is Threatening Elephants in Africa
Over that period alone an estimated 6.8% of the continent's elephant population was wiped out by the illegal ivory trade, ...