Join the herd and help close all domestic and international ivory markets: As world leaders convene in Africa to decide the fate of endangered species, the vast majority of people across North America, Europe and Australia, unaware of legal ivory trade in their countries, call on politicians to finally close all ivory markets. Source: Media Update Submit your own Press … [Read more...] about Join the herd and help close all domestic and international ivory markets
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The ban on ivory sales has been an abject failure. A rethink is needed | The Conversation
The ban on ivory sales has been an abject failure. A rethink is needed: The fate of elephants ultimately lies in the hands of humans and a continued ban will not solve the poaching problem. ShutterstockThe issue of trade in African elephant ivory will dominate the 2016 CITES Conference of the Parties meeting. Debate will revolve around maintaining or lifting the ban on trade, … [Read more...] about The ban on ivory sales has been an abject failure. A rethink is needed | The Conversation
Podcasts can drive debate and break down academia’s ivory towers | The Conversation
Podcasts can drive debate and break down academia's ivory towers: Podcasts are emerging as an arguably easy-to-access, affordable mode of creating new spaces for discussion and debate. ShutterstockNot all of South Africa’s student protests in the past 18 months have happened in the streets or on campuses. A generation of “digital natives” has masterfully used hashtags – … [Read more...] about Podcasts can drive debate and break down academia’s ivory towers | The Conversation
Two Countries Are Trying – Again – to Legalize Elephant Ivory Sales
Two Countries Are Trying – Again – to Legalize Elephant Ivory Sales: Proposals by Namibia and Zimbabwe to revive a global ivory trade promises a rematch of a battle fought 27 years ago. Today is billed as World Elephant Day, but next month it's “deja vu all over again” for elephants in South Africa-and not necessarily in a good way. Read the full article by … [Read more...] about Two Countries Are Trying – Again – to Legalize Elephant Ivory Sales
African countries square up for battle over future of ivory trade ban | The Conversation
African countries square up for battle over future of ivory trade ban: Elephant numbers across the continent declined by roughly 70,000 between 2006 and 2013 ShutterstockThree countries in southern Africa have banded together to press for the ban on the international trade in ivory to be lifted. South Africa, Namibia and Zimbabwe have submitted a joint proposal to the … [Read more...] about African countries square up for battle over future of ivory trade ban | The Conversation
