with china, the biggest ivory market to ban all ivory imports and exports. in new york, a torn of illegal ivory was crushed. the u.s. is the second largest market for ivory in the entire world. some elephant hunting was allowed under obama. outrage over this broad change of plans has been swept. chelsea clinton, infuriating, will increase poaching, make communities vulnerable, and hurt conservation efforts. habitat laws and hunting have had devastating effects. at the start of the 20th century, there were 3 to 5 million african elephants, according to the world wildlife fund. if you want to generate economic activity in africa, and zimbabwe, tanzania, keep the wildlife alive. the president s plan does not open up all of africa, it expands hunting in zambia and system babb with apy places where they feel elephants are
just before new year china pledged to shut down the legal, domestic ivory market, which is the largest in the world in one year s time. i spoke to secretary james baker about this issue and about china s recent decision. when i became secretary of state way back in 1989, i was instrumental in getting a global ban on the trade in ivory which at that time brought the elephant populations back somewhat. since that time, that ban has become quite leaky and we re now facing a really critical situation. most people don t know this but we lose 35,000 elephants a year to poachers who slaughter them for their tusks. it s 96 elephants a day. that s the reason for my interest in trying to promote a global ban on the trade in ivory. it s not going to happen without
there is news for this animals. china pledged to shut down its ivory market, which is the largest in the world, in one year s time. i spoke to secretary james baker about this issue. and about china s recent decision. when i became secretary of state, way back in 1989, i was instrumental in getting a global ban on the trade in ivory, which at that time, brought the elephant populations back somewhat. since that time, the ban has become leaky. and we re facing a critical situation. most people don t know this. but we lose 35,000 elephants a year to poachers, who slaughter them for their tusks. that s 96 elephants a day. that s a reason for my interest in trying to promote a global ban on the trade in ivory. but it s not going to happen
emma ruby-sachs, we appreciate your insight on what happened in paris. we ll watch how it plays out as they take the deal back to their respective countries to have the deal ratified. another potential environmental victory, a new report by the save of elephant organization says that prices for ivory are plummeting in china. peter knight is the head of wild aid and he spoke to my colleague natalie allen earlier about the significance of this drop in the ivory market. listen. it s fantastic news for elephants. we ve been working for a number of years now to try and reduce the demand. working people like use ming, a number of chinese stars, backed by the chinese government and cctv. this news is the first firm evidence that we ve had that things are changing. right. cctv, i read a report has run
have to take, when someone is trying, for example, to capture government buildings and institutions. all those measures are not just illogical to those used in all the european states. reporter: but these demonstrators are unlikely to be satisfied. as this young man prepares for a series of detention hearings to see whether he ll be jailed for taking part in these protests. diana magnay, cnn, kiev. a major move against the illegal ivory trade and the sauter of elephants for their tusks. hong kong now is planning to destroy about 28 tons of confiscated ivory. officials plan toin sin rate it within the next couple of years. most of it was seized as traffickers took it to mainland china. an animal welfare group says china accounts for about 70% of the ivory market. and syrian peace talks look set to fail, but now we are just