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Researchers are no longer confined within their ivory towers, but work as part of complex global networks alongside private-sector participants.
The “No-Growth” Prescription for MiseryLONDON – From their ivory towers, nearly 240 academics have declared that economic growth is bad for Europe and the planet.
The group’s profits from illicit charcoal (and possibly ivory) exported from Kismayo have grown since Kenya took control.
This may sound like an idealistic thought experiment dreamed up in an ivory tower, but data-driven policies are having a real-world impact in several countries.
Killer FarmsCAMBRIDGE – On April 3, the United Kingdom announced a ban on the sale of ivory that is “one of the toughest in the world.”
By restricting the ivory trade, the UK joined other countries – including China and the United States – in using market deterrents to discourage poaching and shield an endangered species from extinction.
But ending ivory sales alone will not reverse declines in elephant populations.
No one doubts that well-meaning policies like ivory bans can lessen the ecological impact of human activity.
For example, the TPP will help combat illegal wildlife trafficking, including illegal trade in ivory from Africa.
Just as the world cries foul when an illegal shipment of ivory is uncovered, we must launch campaigns in the press, on television, and online to bring to account any trader, state official, or company caught selling or promoting low-quality drugs.
Moreover, Germany’s Federal Ministry of Nature Conservation and the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), in collaboration with Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, have developed a way to measure the isotope in ivory samples to trace their provenance.
This will allow customs officials and police to ascertain the origins of confiscated ivory so that they can pinpoint trafficking locations.
The Case for Burning IvoryJOHANNESBURG – Kenya is about to destroy its entire stockpile of elephant ivory.
In China – where the majority of the world’s ivory is consumed or stockpiled – the recently reported price is $1,100 per kilogram, putting the total value of the material to be burned at roughly $110 million.
But there are good reasons for a country – even one as poor as Kenya – to surrender its ivory wealth to the flames.
When countries keep their stockpiles, however, they signal that they anticipate being able to sell ivory in the future.
This undermines the credibility of demand-reduction efforts; if the trade is likely to be legalized one day, any stigma associated with ivory consumption will be eroded.
Proponents of a regulated, legal international ivory trade argue that demand-reduction efforts can coexist with a limited legitimate supply.
But this line of reasoning has a dangerous weakness: It assumes that a legal cartel – one proposed model for regulating supply – would crowd out illegal suppliers by providing ivory to the market at a lower cost.
Indeed, with legalized trade undermining demand-reduction efforts, the price of ivory is likely to remain high, ensuring that poaching continues.
Some southern African countries argue that they should be allowed to sell their ivory in CITES-permitted, one-off sales to fund conservation efforts aimed at maintaining healthy elephant populations.
And even then, governments can sell only naturally accrued ivory, not what was confiscated from poachers or illicit dealers.
China and the United States are in the process of formulating bans on domestic ivory trade, so it is not clear which governments would be interested in purchasing African stockpiles.
The possibility of the legal ivory trade shifting to poorly regulated markets calls for a concerted international response, spearheaded by African governments through coalitions like the Elephant Protection Initiative, together with countries such as China.
The ivory also must be air-conditioned to prevent the tusks from cracking or becoming brittle (important factors for attracting higher prices).
Given the low probability of being able to sell ivory in the future, the cost of storing and protecting it is unlikely to be recouped.
Finally, burning ivory worth millions of dollars has an undeniable symbolic impact.
Take traditional handicrafts like jade and ivory carving.
The World Wildlife Fund estimates that roughly 400 tons of ivory – taken from about 50,000 elephants – was trafficked in 2013.
Last month, Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President Barack Obama agreed to impose a near-total ban on the ivory trade.
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