Boost ivory trade monitoring and enforcement before allowing one-off sales: UBC researcher
Saturday, March 20, 2010 - 09:16
in Biology & Nature
Recent petitions from several African nations to 'downlist' the conservation status of elephants should be denied because 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 UBC zoologist Rene Beyers...