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Massive ivory auctions to lead to new killing of elephants, conservationists warn

Kim — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 17:19:52 +0000

“Ivory auctions that will take place in Namibia on October 28, Botswana on October 31, Zimbabwe on November 3, and South Africa on November 6 2008 have raised the concerns of international conservationists from Born Free Foundations (BFF), a member of the Species Survival Network, who said that the ivory auction was approved by members of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna (CITES), despite an international outcry from scientists and conservationists.” – Sofia Echo

Kim — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 12:24:45 +0000

“Coming out of the 14th Conference of the Parties (CoP14) to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (Cites) last year in The Hague, two things were certain: firstly, that Botswana, Namibia, South Africa and Zimbabwe would be allowed to sell registered stocks of ivory in the near future and, secondly, that a nine-year moratorium on any further ivory sales would come into effect following the sales.” – Daily Dispatch Online

Internet Auctions Might Support Illegal Wildlife Trafficking

Kim — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 12:25:16 +0000

“Sale of most elephant ivory is banned by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES); even the sale of ivory from culled or naturally deceased animals is strictly regulated. Since 1973, most sale of elephant ivory has been prohibited in the United States under the U.S. Endangered Species Act, under which Asian elephants are listed as endangered and African elephants as threatened.” – allAfrica.com

Jumbo wars come to Kenya

Kim — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 12:59:30 +0000

“Meeting under the auspices of the African Elephant Coalition, the group called upon the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (Cites) not to allow China to be a partner in limited ivory trade allowed by the UN body two years ago in The Hague.” – The East African

African Elephant Coalition Roots for Conservation, Not Ivory Trade

Kim — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 10:31:32 +0000

“African elephant range states meeting in Mombasa, Kenya, have raised exception with undue focus on ivory trade within the CITES framework, saying preference should instead be given to conservation of elephants and mitigating challenges such as human wildlife conflict, law enforcement, building management capacity for range states and establishing mechanisms for local and trans- boundary elephant translocations. ” – International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW)

Call of the Wild

Kim — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 23:18:57 +0000

“In 1989 the signatories of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) agreed to ban trade in ivory. Last year CITES, which now has 172 member countries, extended this ban for a further nine years, having sanctioned but two sales from stocks, of which only one has taken place. A stroll in Chinatown suggests that trade is thriving nonetheless. A forthcoming report by researchers for Care for the Wild, a British animal-welfare and conservation charity, says that around half the ivory in this market comes from illegally killed elephants. Other studies reveal similar stories elsewhere in the West.” – \Economist.com

Shelter for giants

Kim — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 10:22:18 +0000

“Rescued elephants get the best of care in a sanctuary in South Africa. ” – the star online

Elephants win nine-year reprieve

Kim — Sat, 23 Jun 2007 11:56:59 +0000

“A ban on ivory exports was extended for another nine years at a United Nations conference on wildlife in a move described as a step to further safeguard African elephant population.” – Business Daily Africa

United States Pleased with Progress Made to Conserve Elephants, Tigers, Sawfish

Kim — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 10:18:17 +0000

“Under a proposal negotiated by elephant range states and passed by the conference, Namibia, South Africa, Botswana and Zimbabwe will be allowed to conduct a one-time sale of ivory stocks collected from elephants that died of natural causes and elephants taken by governments to protect villages. The United States has serious reservations about allowing Zimbabwe to be part of the sale because of doubts about its conservation record and commitment to combating poaching, but decided to support the agreement. Zimbabwe will have to demonstrate the effectiveness of its conservation program before it will be allowed by the CITES Standing Committee to proceed with the sale.” – All American Patriots

U.N. talks aid eels, elephants to ease extinctions

Kim — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 10:40:59 +0000

“Elephants and eels may find life slightly easier after trade curbs imposed by U.N. talks ending on Friday that are a pinprick to slow what may be the worst wave of extinctions since the dinosaurs.” – Reuters AlertNet

CITES deal wins reprieve for elephants

Kim — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 20:24:35 +0000

“International trade in elephant ivory was banned in 1990, due to plummeting elephant stocks. But in 1997, CITES allowed South Africa, Botswana and Namibia ? where elephant numbers were growing ? to sell stocks of ivory taken from poachers or dead elephants. That sale took place in 1999.” – New Scientist

Africa struggles to reach compromise solution on elephants

Kim — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 11:20:25 +0000

“African nations at loggerheads on how best to manage the continent’s endangered elephants failed Monday to hammer out a compromise after three days of tense meetings, conservationists said.” – The Raw Story

African deal cut on ivory trade

Kim — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 22:22:29 +0000

“African countries have agreed a deal on the immediate future of the ivory trade.” – BBC NEWS

Endangered Species conference focuses on trading ivory and managing elephant herds

Kim — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 20:41:35 +0000

“African nations struggled to compromise Monday on competing treaty amendments for managing the ivory trade and elephant populations, which are exploding in some countries and being poached to their limits in others.” – International Herald Tribune

Forest elephants at risk from the illegal ivory trade

Kim — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 11:21:52 +0000

“The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) placed the African elephant on its most critically endangered list, Appendix I, in 1989. The ban led to more aggressive anti-poaching campaigns and increased investment in wildlife protection, and set African elephants on the road to recovery. But a new study from Stephen Blake, Samantha Strindberg, Fiona Maisels, and colleagues warns that while savannah elephants may indeed be rebounding?in part because they live in countries with long histories of wildlife management, where protection is facilitated by open plains habitats and usually good infrastructure?their forest relatives, hidden in the Congo Basin rainforests, still face intense poaching pressure.” – EurekAlert!

Elephant slaughter on a grand scale

Kim — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 11:30:01 +0000

“The growing trade in ivory is fuelling an alarming rise in elephant poaching which could undermine attempts to save the world’s largest land animal from extinction.” – IOL

New Trade Rules Proposed for Dozens of Rare Plants, Animals

Kim — Mon, 05 Mar 2007 12:22:56 +0000

“Changes in the rules for international trade in elephant ivory, gazelles, leopards, sharks, eels, pink coral, rosewood, and cedar are just a few of the 40 new government proposals that will be decided at an upcoming meeting of the Parties to the UN Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species, CITES.” – Environment News Service

CITES conference to review ivory trade ban

Kim — Tue, 06 Dec 2005 00:22:49 +0000

“Botswana has to wait for the next conference of Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) in 2007 to know whether it will be allowed to sell its ivory stockpiles. ” – Mmegi Online