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China says it will phase out ivory trade in 2017 China has announced a plan to phase out all ivory processing and trade by the end of 2017, the government said on Friday, a move that conservationists hope will stymie the mass killing -- and threat of extinction -- of African elephants. The country had already announced plans to ban the ivory trade, but it's now committed itself to a timetable to end the trade, something it said it would do this summer, according to the US State Department. "China's announcement is a game changer for elephant conservation. The large-scale trade of ivory now faces its twilight years, and the future is brighter for wild elephants, said Carter Roberts, the president and CEO of WWF. "With the US also ending its domestic ivory trade earlier this year, two of the largest ivory markets have taken action that will reverberate around the world." Before European colonization, scientists believe that Africa may have held as many as 20 million elephants; by 1979 only 1.3 million remained -- and the Great Elephant Census, an ambitious project to count all of Africa's savannah elephants from the sky, revealed this year that things have gotten far worse. In the seven years between 2007 and 2014, the elephant population plummeted by 30%, or 144,000 animals. As of July, Africa's savannah is now home to only 352,271 elephants, according to the Great Elephant Census. "China's exit from the ivory trade is the greatest single step that could be taken to reduce poaching for elephants," WildAid CEO Peter Knights said in a written statement. The Chinese State Council's plan to end the ivory trade will be carried out over the course of the year. It will first force a designated group of legal ivory processing factories and business to close by March 31, according to the state-run China Daily. The plan also involves stringent regulation of legal ivory collection, strengthening enforcement and education and "vigorously" pushing for a transformation of the ivory carving industry, including helping encourage ivory carving masters to find work with museums or in preservation efforts. The government will no longer allow ivory products to be displayed in real or online markets -- only non-commercial sites, such as museums, will be allowed to display ivory, China Daily says. A lifeline for elephants? China is home to the world's largest ivory market, and rising demand has led to the death of 100,000 elephants over a three-year period ending in 2014. In recent years, China has taken moves to outlaw the ivory trade. US President Barack Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping announced in September 2015 a joint pledge to end the legal and illegal trade of ivory in their respective countries. Hong Kong, which has been called the "dark heart of the ivory trade," said in January it would phase out the sale of ivory by 2021, but some say that isn't fast enough to stave off extinction. But some traders, worried that their stocks will immediately become worthless and they will not be compensated, are considering mounting a legal challenge to that move, according to the South China Morning Post. Importing and exporting ivory across international borders is banned, but licensed ivory sellers are allowed to sell pre-1989 ivory domestically, though a 2015 investigation by a conservation group concluded that some traders appear to be using the legal trade as a cover. Cheers, ~ Alan Life Member NRA Life Member SCI email: editorusa(@)africanxmag(dot)com African Expedition Magazine: http://www.africanxmag.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/alan.p.bunn Twitter: http://twitter.com/EditorUSA Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. ~Keller To be persuasive we must be believable; to be believable we must be credible; to be credible we must be truthful. ~ Murrow | ||
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Good for them. That will solve the problem ------------------------------ A mate of mine has just told me he's shagging his girlfriend and her twin. I said "How can you tell them apart?" He said "Her brother's got a moustache!" | |||
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if the lying basturds actually do it..... Birmingham, Al | |||
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Yes....Sure.... | |||
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Very good news Good Hunting Carl Frederik | |||
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I call bullshit. | |||
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China says it also believes in freedom of speech, freedom of the press, freedom of the Internet, freedom of religion . . . Mike | |||
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I have my doubts, but my fingers are crossed. Dave | |||
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Talk is cheap and China is , well , its China... | |||
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Every time that China pretends it's going to end the ivory trade, the price goes up and the poaching increases. This isn't good news for the elephant. ___________________ Just Remember, We ALL Told You So. | |||
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Amen ...I say that hunters go into Paradise when they die, and live in this world more joyfully than any other men. -Edward, duke of York ". . . when a man has shot an elephant his life is full." ~John Alfred Jordan "The budget should be balanced, the Treasury should be refilled, public debt should be reduced, the arrogance of officialdom should be tempered and controlled, and the assistance to foreign lands should be curtailed lest Rome become bankrupt. People must again learn to work, instead of living on public assistance." Cicero - 55 BC "The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities." - Ayn Rand Cogito ergo venor- KPete “It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker, that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own self-interest. We address ourselves, not to their humanity but to their self-love, and never talk to them of our own necessities but of their advantages.” ― Adam Smith - “Wealth of Nations” | |||
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The Chinese are pathetic they should have done this long ago. It will take a lot for me to believe their kind practices any truth with their words. | |||
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Lets keep an eye on poaching statistics for 2017 which in theory should start reflecting a decrease if the Chinese mean what they. | |||
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