China’s Demand for Ivory “Out of Control”
At TIME, Maya Rhodan looks at a new report from nonprofit Save the Elephants on China’s...
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Tanzanian Ivory Smuggled During Xi Visit, Says NGO
An environmental watchdog organization has accused Chinese officials and businessmen of smuggling...
Kenya Extradites Alleged Ivory Kingpin to China
The AP reports on the apprehension and extradition of an alleged Chinese ivory smuggler in Kenya...
China’s Six-Ton Ivory Crush Debated
The Washington Post’s Simon Denyer reports on the destruction of more than six tons of...
Shark Fin Victory May Offer Hope for Elephants
On the China in Africa Podcast, Eric Olander, Cobus van Staden and Huang Hongxiang gloomily...
Chinese Workers in Kenya Could Be Driving Trade in Elephant Poaching for Ivory
The Telegraph’s Mike Pflanz reports: Chinese workers rebuilding roads in northern Kenya are feared to be driving a sharp rise in elephant poaching which has seen dozens of animals slaughtered this year. In the first eight...
Elephants Are Slaughtered For Chopsticks
Rob Crilly reports in Nairobi, from The Times: Rangers in the Democratic Republic of Congo believe that rising demand for ivory in China is to blame for an unprecedented wave of elephant poaching in one of the country’s...
Jump in Illegal Ivory Imports Linked to Chinese Smugglers – AP
As Chinese smuggling rings move into Africa, illegal imports of ivory are expanding rapidly, according to a new report from Traffic International. From AP: Worldwide, there are an average of 92 ivory seizures a month — or three a day, the report said. Thirty-two seizures of 1.1 tons or more of ivory were recorded from […]
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