by Adam Cruise | Dec 5, 2017 | Commentary
By Adam Cruise Regulations governing the extensive trade in wild caught baby elephants require only that they are housed in suitably equipped facilities, in appropriate and acceptable destinations, however in reality conditions in these facilities fail to care for the...
by Adam Cruise | Nov 29, 2017 | Commentary
By Adam Cruise European and American conservation leaders today called on governments worldwide to support requests from African nations to end all trade in elephant ivory to safeguard the future of elephants. Ivory trade is a major issue with twenty elephant...
by Adam Cruise | Nov 2, 2017 | Reports
By Iris Ho, Keith Lindsay Executive Summary CITES currently permits trade in live, wild-sourced African elephants. Appendix II elephants from Botswana and Zimbabwe can be traded to “appropriate and acceptable destinations”, and from Namibia and South Africa...
by Adam Cruise | Nov 1, 2017 | Studies
Keith Lindsay, Mike Chase, Kelly Landen, Katarzyna Nowak – November 2017 – Biological Conservation ABSTRACT: The world’s biodiversity is shared by countries that are increasingly recognizing the need for effective responses to human influence and...
by Adam Cruise | Oct 26, 2017 | Commentary
By Adam Cruise A report from the Convention in the Trade of Endangered Species (CITES) shows that in 2016, the overall trend of elephant poaching in Africa has declined. However, conservationists warn it’s too soon to celebrate. Georgina Lamb, Programs and Policy...
