by Adam Cruise | Jan 24, 2019 | News
By Claire Baker-Munton The discovery of trinkets carved from the tusks of extinct woolly mammoths earlier this year is just the latest evidence that Cambodia is playing a growing role in the international illegal ivory trade In the first days of 2019, researchers at...
by Adam Cruise | Jan 24, 2019 | Documents
Eighteenth meeting of the CITES Conference of the Parties, Colombo (Sri Lanka), 23 May – 3 June 2019. Amendment to Annotation 2 pertaining to the elephant populations of Botswana, Namibia, South Africa and Zimbabwe. Read full proposal for amendment here: E CoP18 Prop...
by Adam Cruise | Jan 24, 2019 | Reports
Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) We identified over 250 seizures of more than 12 tonnes of ivory in 16 European countries between January 2000 and October 2017. These seizures represent ivory sourced from approximately 1,800 elephants – but likely reflects a...
by Adam Cruise | Jan 23, 2019 | News
Xinhua Many positive results have been obtained since China implemented a total ban on ivory processing and sales in its domestic market in January last year, according to scholars and relevant institutions. A new public campaign has been launched nationwide by...
by Adam Cruise | Jan 23, 2019 | Commentary
By Adam Cruise We have been incorporating elephants into our lives since humans first became…well…humans. The earliest known San rock paintings throughout Africa depict our fascination with elephants, so do the cave paintings right across Asia and Europe. In fact,...
