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An introduction to the issue. ... Although ivory trade has experienced sustained growth since the 1940s, the huge increase that occurred during the 1970s was the result of automatic weapons availability and widespread government corruption in many exporting countries which decimated elephant populations across Africa.
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www.american.edu/TED/elephant.htm
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Background to CITES interventions in the ivory trade. ... Elephant ivory trade has long been disputed because of the excessive manner in which it is carried out. For several years in some African nations trade was continued at high rates with no checks or regulations related to elephant poaching.
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www.american.edu/TED/ivory.htm
www.american.edu/TED/ivory.htm
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SEATTLE, Washington, February 27, 2007 (ENS) - The illegal ivory trade is flourishing and threatens to undermine efforts to save the African elephant from extinction, according to a new study released Monday.
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www.ens-newswire.com/ens/feb2007/2007-02-27-01.asp
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An eight-month HSUS investigation has uncovered a thriving market for illegally traded elephant ivory in an unexpected place: the United States, a nation that prides itself on the protection of endangered species and vigilance in enforcing the ban on international ivory trade.
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www.hsus.org/wildlife/wildlife_news/hsus_investigation_...
www.hsus.org/wildlife/wildlife_news/hsus_investigation_illegal_ivory_trade_in_our_own_backyard.html
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Between 1979 and 1989, a time when there was a legal ivory trade, African elephants were poached at such a rapid rate that the continent-wide population was cut from 1.3 million to approximately 600,000. The scale of poaching was so great that it threatened African economies, requiring countries to expend...
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www.hsus.org/wildlife/issues_facing_wildlife/wildlife_t...
www.hsus.org/wildlife/issues_facing_wildlife/wildlife_trade/elephant_trade_fact_sheet/index.html
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In the last hundred years tiger numbers have declined by 95%. Up to 12,000 African elephants are illegally killed each year to supply domestic ivory markets. Three out of seven species of marine turtles are now critically endangered. ... TRAFFIC is the world's largest wildlife trade monitoring network. Founded in 1976,
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www.worldwildlife.org/trade/faqs_elephant.cfm
www.worldwildlife.org/trade/faqs_elephant.cfm
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Three West African states are flouting international ivory trade rules and boosting the poachers, conservationists say. ... Any international ivory trade must be sanctioned by Cites, the United Nations Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species.
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news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3314069.stm
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Topic Area: Ivory trade and Elephant Preservation; Geographic Area: Africa, especially Botswana; Title: Economic Influences on the African Elephant Population; Focal Question: What are the effects of the CITES ivory trade ban on the African elephant?
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www.colby.edu/personal/thtieten/end-bots.html
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; Search the Web and your local library for more information on African elephants. ... Support for PBS.org provided by: ... Find out how the ivory trade has devastated some elephant populations.
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www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/elephants/
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