Elephant ivory, rhino horn, pangolin and helmeted hornbill products for sale at the Myanmar–Thailand–China border

Control of Poaching and the Market for Products such as Ivory, Rhino Horn, Tiger and Bear Body Products

Contents 1. Introduction 2. General considerations 3. Killing of wild animals to remove obstacles for possible alternative land developments 4. The illegal taking or destroying of marine animals 5. Poaching animals for food 6. Killing of wild animals to protect crops or properties 7. Poaching animals for profit 8. General strategies for the control of poaching 9. Control of international and lo...

The ivory trade and elephant conservation

In response to significant elephant population declines in the 1970s and 1980s because of poaching for ivory, the Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) banned the international trade in Asian and African elephant species by listing them on Appendix I in 1973 and 1989, respectively. Many southern African countries disagreed with the African e...

Elephant and Rhino Poaching in Africa

Elephant Economics in the Rough: Modelling Ivory Trade

Trade in ivory is banned under CITES in an effort to protect the African elephant. The trade ban is supported by some range states, most notably Kenya, because they see the ban as an effective means for protecting a ‘flagship’ species, one that attracts tourists and foreign aid. It is opposed by some states, mainly in southern Africa, because their elephant populations are exceeding the capacit...

Elephant poaching: Track the impact of Kenya's ivory burn.

2016) incorrectly described some Polish universities as " engaging " anti-scientific speakers. In fact, the speakers either hired university premises or participated in discussions at university conferences. Track the impact of Kenya's ivory burn Kenya's government delivered a powerful message against elephant poaching and the illegal ivory trade on 30 April by burning 105 tonnes of ivory, wort...