IVORY COAST

IVORY COAST

No horn, please!

About 250 Indian MPs sign a paper to oppose South Africa on rhino trade, but they do not know why

Jumbo seizure

Half of Africa’s savanna elephants may disappear in less than a decade

Around 144,000 animals were lost over a seven-year period in 18 African countries

Protect the tuskers damn the carvers

In its enthusiasm to protect tuskers from being killed, the government has extended the worldwide ban on ivory trade to India as well. Left in …

SADC COUNTRIES

THAILAND

Elephant poaching

Indian wildlife - The illegal dragnet

An assessment of online media reports presents a snapshot of the vast landscape of illegal trade that originates in the country

Africa losing $25-million tourism revenue each year due to elephant poaching

Poachers kill between 20,000-30,000 African elephants each year for illegal ivory trade

Tusker's tragedy

TANZANIA

Ivory trade to resume

Zimbabwe will be able to sell stockpiles of ivory to Japan, earning US $4-5 million for community development

African elephants face birth control

As the result of the ban on ivory trading, elephants are overbreeding, creating problems such as the destruction of forest land.

No clearance sale

Overshadowed

CITES proceeds cautiously, in the wake of the Convention on Biological Diversity

RTI points to poaching behind dead elephant in Tamil Nadu

Forest officials had covered up the death of the tusker in 2018 and said the animal was a female that had died due to electrocution

CITES adopts resolution to end corruption in wildlife trade

This historic resolution aims at eliminating corruption at every stage of wildlife trade from poaching to selling of wildlife products

African tourism surging, but challenges remain

Security concerns, poaching are undermining efforts to promote tourism in the continent

Citing an international meet

Another international meet fails to address the concerns of local poor people and follows the path shown by global bullies

Fate of the tuskers

Should nations who have done well for their elephants be punished for improper management by others?

Intensive poaching led to more tuskless female elephants in Mozambique’s Gorongosa National Park

The evolutionary shift can have a far-ranging effect on the local ecosystem

66th Standing Committee meeting of CITES underway in Geneva

National Ivory Action Plans, domestic legislation and additional measures to protect endangered species being discussed

IVORY TRADE