Worlds Nations Agree To Put An End To Ivory Trade That Kills One Elephant Every 15 Minutes

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Worlds Nations Agree To Put An End To Ivory Trade That Kills One Elephant Every 15 Minutes


This world is as much for humans as it belongs to the wildlife. Yet, humans go about killing and exploiting any and every species that they can. For years, the ivory trade has ruled over several markets, rousing the need of more elephants to be killed. More than 140,000 of Africa’s savanna elephants were killed for their ivory between 2007 and 2014, wiping out almost a third of their population and elephants are still being killed every 15 minutes on average. Looking at the bizarre situation and the threaded environment in which elephants are living, an agreement struck by 182 nations on Sunday decides to combat elephant poaching.



The decision is significant in intensifying the pressure on countries that still host such markets, which conservationists say provide cover for criminals to launder illegal ivory.

This week in Johannesburg, the convention on the international trade in endangered species gathered to work against the national ivory markets and decide to shut them.

All international trade in ivory is banned, but several countries are open to the domestic trade.

Domestic ivory markets are harder to control and monitor, thus being a controversial issue. The Cities Nations, therefore, decide that all necessary measures must be taken to control this. As a matter of emergency, trade in raw and worked ivory will be closely monitored.

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“There is no legal market that doesn’t contribute to the illegal trade,” said Susan Lieberman, at the Wildlife Conservation Society.

These ivory markets contribute to poaching and elephant killing. Therefore, for the first time ever, all the participants voted in the favour of its closure.

“We believe domestic ivory markets are driving poaching across Africa,” said Patrick Omondi, a member of the delegation from Kenya, which co-chairs the African Elephant Coalition, a group of 29 countries which want a crack down on the ivory trade.

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