Science news articles about 'ivory sales'

... protections for elephants to allow for occasional limited ivory sales were made. Both the occasional limited ... , that law enforcement is effective in combating poaching and that the ivory sales will not be detrimental to elephants. However, neither ...

... by Tanzania to weaken the 21-year ban on ivory sales was rejected by a U.N. conservation meeting over fears the African country has been failing to crack ...

... animal welfare group charges that eBay sales of ivory are brisker than ever a year after the online marketplace promised to restrict the sale of products made from animal teeth and tusks ...

... trade in endangered animals worldwide, specifically, ivory made from tusks ripped from poached elephants ... ., company announced a global ban on the sale of most types of ivory (with the exception of "antique" items made ...

The first legal sale of southern African ivory for almost a decade opens with conservationists split over its impact.

A Thursday auction was the last of a series of legal elephant-ivory sales in Africa to raise conservation funds. Critics fear an increase in demand that may spur more poaching.

... – eBay and other internet auction houses have banned ivory sales on their sites. Recent seizures inside ... regulations and the prosecution of offenders. Any illegal ivory for sale in retail outlets should be confiscated ...

The fate of many African elephants, according to a group of scientists, hinges on a decision to be made this week in Qatar by a host of countries operating under an international agreement.

... no adequate monitoring of the impact of ivory sales or enforcement of the ivory trade exists, according to recommendations published today by an international group of researchers including ...

... , has made an impassioned plea for a worldwide ban on the sale of ivory to prevent the extinction of the African elephant ... warning that the illegal ivory trade now threatens governments as rebel groups use the sale of tusks ...