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Paradigm shift as African countries throw their weight behind ivory ban

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The EU and UK are fuelling the illegal trade through their continuing sale of legal ivory items
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China’s ban on domestic ivory sales comes into force

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One of the world's biggest markets for African ivory, China announced that it would outlaw all domestic trade and processing by 2017
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Corrupt officials to blame for ​illegal ivory trade, says Cites

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Research shows that legal sale of ivory increased smuggling by 71%.
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African countries still sharply divided over ivory trade

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Stance on ivory trade in Africa is not unified, with some countries calling for a global ban although others are open to elephant ivory trade.
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Outrage at Japan’s ivory sales

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Yahoo sold sold an estimated 12 tonnes of elephant tusks and fashioned pieces of ivory on its Japanese auction site
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Desire for power drives megadeath

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Killing elephants and rhinos for even a part of their bodies wounds our humanity and lives.
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Tanzania’s elephants under siege

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Poaching linked to crime syndicates has seen 85 000 tuskers being slaughtered in five years.
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Turning Africa’s Big 5 into hard cash

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Lifting ivory and rhino horn trade bans could translate to an economic turnaround for Africa, where the black market for animal products is thriving.
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Target the traders in ivory war

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It is not only armed insurgent and rebel groups that fuel the slaughter of elephants, it is also greed.
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Diplomatic indignation in ivory row

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Tanzania claims the report about Chinese diplomats smuggling ivory was 'cooked up'.
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Chinese officials went on illegal ivory ‘buying sprees’

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Officials who visited Tanzania with President Xi Jinping took advantage of the lack of security checks to buy large amounts of ivory, say activists.
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African spy chiefs warn of poaching link to terror groups

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Intelligence chiefs have red-flagged wildlife poaching as a security risk, saying proceeds from the crime are being used to fund terror groups.
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The EU and UK are fuelling the illegal trade through their continuing sale of legal ivory items

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