Newslink: The World's Largest Legal Ivory Market Is Shutting Down

in #newslink8 years ago

In what is being hailed a major victory for elephant conservation, China  announced today that it will ban all commercial ivory trading by the  end of 2017.  

 Domestic ivory markets are contributing to the rapid demise of Africa's  elephant population, which has shrunk by a third over the past seven  years, according to a recent census.  This year, both the International Union for the Conservation of Nature  and the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species called  for domestic ivory markets around the world to be shut down for good. ...... [Read More]

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