ByAPDWriterWangBaocaiThirty-TwoAfricancountriesonFridaycalledontheEuropeanUniontostopitsivorytradeataconferenceinBotswanaaimedatsavingAfricanelephants.President
“Whenthebuyingstops,thekillingcantoo.”That’soneofthekeyslogansinYaoMing’sWildAidcampaignagainstthekillingofsharks,elephants,andrhinos.AsChina’smosticoniccelebri
China'scompletebanonivorytradewentintoeffectSunday,officialssaid."Fromtoday...thebuyingandsellingofelephantivoryandgoodsbyanymarket,shoporvendorisagainstthelaw!
ArecentreportonivorydemandinChinahasrevealedthatnearly55percentofpreviousivorybuyershavestoppedpurchasingivoryproducts,keepinginviewtheforthcomingban.Domestictr
ElephantpoachinginAfricadeclinedforafifthstraightyearin2016butseizuresofillegalivoryhitrecordshighs,theCITESmonitorsaidTuesday,callingita"conflictingphenomena".
Nearly two tons of ivory artifacts crafted from the tusks of about 100 slaughtered elephants were destroyed by a rock crusher in New York City's Central Park on Thursday.
Mali’swildlifeauthoritieshaveacquiredDutchdogstohelpinthefightagainstillegalivorytrade,thelatestadditionstothefightagainstelephantpoachinginthecountry.Thedogsar
China has taken a historic step to ban the commercial ivory trade by the end of 2017, but campaigners warn that legal ivory stockpiles could become an issue.
Thailand has strengthened the implementation of its National Ivory Action Plan to stop illegal ivory trade, the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) disclosed Wednesday.
To combat the illegal trade in African wildlife in China, especially in ivory, basketball player Yao Ming visited Kenya in 2012, while actress Li Bingbing traveled to the country in 2013.
Wildlife conservation groups on Wednesday lauded Kenya's burning of 15 tones of confiscated ivory which they said showed commitment and political will to tackle illegal ivory trade and other wildlife crimes.
Chinese authorities on Thursday announced a one-year ban on imports of African ivory carvings acquired after the CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora) took effect in 1975.
Chinese authorities on Thursday announced a one-year ban on imports of African ivory carvings acquired after the CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora) took effect in 1975.
Two Vietnamese were on Thursday charged in a Nairobi court with being unlawfully in possession of wildlife trophies.
The United States on Monday hailed China's move to destroy tons of ivory, calling it a " concrete action" in honoring commitments made between the two countries.
China hopes that countries can improve coordination, do less finger-pointing and make more joint efforts in fighting ivory smuggling globally and conserving elephant populations, a Chinese official has said.
Luan Yanjun, dressed in his blue work uniform, is ready to show off the workshop where he works. His colleagues are sitting before desks, chiseling and filing. Set up in 1958, the ivory carving factory in Beijing has witnessed the vicissitude of the global ivory trade.
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