Ivory Trade

Have you cried over your ivory ring? Did you rely on when you played the piano? Then you should do that. You may cherish this ivory from the elephant you were killed. Your ivory may be "fair dealing", but only 5% of ivory (Reisner 82-83). Last year, 25,000 elephants died for ivory (Christy 54). The number of elephant populations has declined rapidly, and I am worried that people will be extinct. You are not guilty of wearing a ring or playing the ivory piano, but you may support illegal ivory trading.

The decision to ban Asian ivory trade is almost controversial. However, the seeds are still threatened by ivory transactions, and many environmentalists support the African ivory ban. Determination of trading of target teeth affected Asian elephants. For complex sculptures, Asian ivory is usually the first choice. London illegal wildlife trading meeting was held on February 12th and 13th 2014. The purpose of this conference was to recognize that "the significant scale of illegal trade in wildlife and harmful economic, social and environmental influences, make political commitments such as the following" and cooperate with the international community It is to end the goal. "

In 1990, the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) established a global prohibition on international ivory trade regulating wildlife transactions, signed by 180 countries. The ivory trade collapsed and the number of elephants recovered. Poaching activity in Kenya has declined by more than 90% in one year. However, in 2008, we were able to sell ivory of 15 million dollars to China and Japan with a "one-time" auction. At that time, poaching increased rapidly. In 2011, 25,000 elephants were killed

Despite the global ban on international trade (under the supervision of the United Nations Convention on the International Trade of Endangered Species of International Trade), illegal ivory transactions are still explosive. Some investors who need to hide the global recession somewhere think that large amounts of ivory will also be purchased and stored in secret warehouses. Criminal group bribery authorities transport a large amount of ivory to illegal factories and markets in China, Vietnam, Malaysia and Thailand through the port. In 2011, seizures reached a peak of 23 tons - 2500 elephants. But this is just a part of what is not disturbed