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in title, tags, annotations or urlAre investors driving the illegal wildlife trade? | Wildlife News - 0 views
Ivory seizures prompt calls for China to end domestic trade | Environment | guardian.co.uk - 0 views
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Well over half of illegal ivory ends up in China, according to estimates presented at the meeting. China introduced a robust certification system to identify legally sold ivory in 2008, when it was allowed by Cites to receive ivory from a legal sell-off of stockpiles from four African countries. Since then, however, the regulatory system has broken down, with investigators finding illegal ivory on open sale even in remote parts of China
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"We would like to see a total ban on ivory sales including domestic trade in China. As long as there is a legal trade, you have a way of laundering illegal ivory," said Mary Rice of the Environmental Investigation Agency which has studied the illegal ivory trade in China.
Manta ray being driven to extinction by Chinese medicine demand - in pictures | Environment | guardian.co.uk - 0 views
Central African nations launch joint initiative to tackle poaching | Environment | guardian.co.uk - 0 views
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