Ivory
latest news & developments
DRC stockpiles fuel illegal wildlife trade
Ivory and other wild contraband seized by authorities is being returned to the black market in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
To carry the ivory spectre or not? Queen Camilla’s predicament
Animal rights activists and conservationists disagree over the significance of including the historical symbol during King Charles III’s coronation on Saturday
Which SADC president is ready to unlock wildlife’s trade value?
Instituting new, legal means of trading ivory would create opportunities to put poachers and illegal trade syndicates out of business
Following the wildlife traffickers’ money
The illegal wildlife trade is one of the most profitable criminal enterprises worldwide, but only recently has the focus shifted to investigating its financial flows
Poaching is wiping out Africa’s elephants
Forest elephants are on the brink of extinction and savanna elephants are now classified as endangered
Poachers in prisons tell their stories
Interviews with offenders provide insight into the structure of illegal wildlife trade networks
Rangers find unlikely sponsor
China is the biggest market for ivory yet Chinese business people are funding the war on poaching
World Wildlife Fund uses fake Singapore ivory store in awareness campaign
The outlet called Ivory Lane purportedly offered items including earrings and necklaces for sale and had a well-produced website
Paradigm shift as African countries throw their weight behind ivory ban
The EU and UK are fuelling the illegal trade through their continuing sale of legal ivory items
Corrupt officials to blame for illegal ivory trade, says Cites
Research shows that legal sale of ivory increased smuggling by 71%.
Legal ivory trade led to sharp rise in poaching
The thinking behind the move was widely accepted at the time, and ‘has only been proved wrong in hindsight’ – researchers
Outrage at Japan’s ivory sales
Yahoo sold sold an estimated 12 tonnes of elephant tusks and fashioned pieces of ivory on its Japanese auction site
Chinese officials went on illegal ivory ‘buying sprees’
Officials who visited Tanzania with President Xi Jinping took advantage of the lack of security checks to buy large amounts of ivory, say activists.
E-firm profits from slaughter of rare species
Rakuten, the Japanese e-commerce company that owns Play.com and Kobo, is the world’s biggest online retailer of elephant ivory and whale meat.
China aids Kenya in ivory poacher crackdown
A Nairobi ivory bust – China’s first wildlife crime arrest – was part of a month-long, international anti-trafficking operation.