Closing all ivory markets – IUCN vote shows the way
Following several long and bloody years of escalating poaching, it looks as if elephants may at last be given a fighting chance.
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CITES ivory trade system is flawed and drives poaching
National Geographic has published an investigative report on the illegal ivory trade, Blood Ivory, which highlights fundamental flaws in the CITES ivory-trading system. Ivory trading drives poaching and ivory trafficking and we urge the CITES Parties to learn from this mistake and invest in adequate enforcement.