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The Politics of Banning Ivory in China
In February 2015, China announced a one-year ban on ivory imports. While many conservation groups such as the Environmental Investigation Agency denounced Beijing’s policy as “ineffective,” the San...
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China's Proposed Ivory Ban: Breakthrough or BS?
China’s surprise announcement that it will phase out the trade and manufacturing of ivory came as a rare piece of good news for Africa’s rapidly shrinking elephant population. While most major...
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'China is Doing More to Protect Elephants Than Africa'
For the first time in years, there is positive news to report in the fight to save Africa’s elephants from extinction. A new study by the Save the Elephants revealed that the price of ivory in China...
View ArticleThe Meeting of Chinese Solar Lighting And Kenyan Elephant Conservation
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View Article[COMMENTARY] China's Plan To Ban Ivory Sales Will Not Save Africa's Elephants
Hooray! The Chinese government finally came to its senses and announced that after 2017 it will no longer be legal to sell or trade ivory. Today’s announcement was long overdue and highly anticipated,...
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North Korea's Diplomats in Africa Are Making Big Money Selling Ivory to Chinese
The tightening of international sanctions against North Korea is helping to fuel the illicit ivory trade in Africa as the increasingly isolated country searches for new ways to generate revenue,...
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Tweet of the Day: Ambassador Lin Songtian Engages South African Environmental...
China’s outspoken ambassador to South Africa, Lin Songtian, took his new Twitter account to respond to directly to criticism about the recent sale of 30 baby elephants to zoos in China. In response to...
View ArticleCITES Under Pressure to Crack Down on Elephant Trade and Loosen Restriction...
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View ArticleWeek in Review: Trade, Tilapia and Transmission Lines
Wycliffe Oparanya, governor of Kenya’s Kakamega County, opened a new $120 million EU-financed fish processing factory that is intended to help Kenya reduce its dependence on imported Chinese tilapia...
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