2007-06-14 - The Hague, Netherlands.
Eighteen years after a United Nations-backed treaty banned the ivory trade, African ministers have for the first time achieved a regional consensus on how to address the highly charged issue. Eighteen years after a United Nations-backed treaty banned the ivory trade, African ministers have for the first time achieved a regional consensus on how to address the highly charged issue.
A U.N. wildlife conference extended a 1989 ban on African elephant ivory exports on Thursday by nine years, after sales from stocks, in a pact hailed as a step to safeguard the giant mammals. CITES backed an African plan, agreed after overnight talks among ministers, to crack down on poaching while allowing Botswana, Namibia, South Africa and Zimbabwe to make one-off ivory sales. They say their elephant numbers are rising.
2007-06-06 - The Hague, Netherlands.
US-based online commerce site eBay said Wednesday it will ban international trade of elephant ivory on all of its sites around the globe, creating the first-ever online international trade ban of elephant ivory. eBay said the decision followed an eight-country investigation by IFAW (International Fund for Animal Welfare) of ivory for sale on eBay sites.
2007-06-05 - The Hague, Netherlands.
The international body here that regulates trade in endangered plants and animals approved the sale of 60 tons of ivory to Japan over the weekend. The committee of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), also known as the Washington Convention, agreed to allow Japan to import stockpiled African elephant ivory from Botswana, Namibia and South Africa.
2007-06-05 - The Hague, Netherlands. Anna Mudeva
The large quantity of illegal worked ivory entering the United States from China and Japan is a sign of the strong demand that is contributing to an alarming increase in elephant poaching in Africa. In 2006 alone, experts estimate as many as 23,000 African elephants were illegally killed. There is more worked ivory for sale in the U.S. than anywhere else in the world, except for Hong Kong.
2007-06-03 - The Hague, Netherlands.
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