Evidence from a Global Ivory Experiment and Elephant Poaching Data Solomon Hsiang, Nitin Sekar NBER Working Paper No. 22314 Issued in June 2016 Black markets are estimated to represent a fifth of global economic activity, but their response to policy is poorly...
By Elizabeth Bennet - World Conservation Society (WCS) - February 17 2014 Illegal hunting of African elephants (Loxodonta africana) for ivory is causing rapid declines in their populations. Since 2007, illegal ivory trade has more than doubled. African elephants are...