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Nations race to crush poachers by closing Ivory trade loopholes borneobulletin.com.bn - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from borneobulletin.com.bn Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Ivory Trade Loopholes Close as Nations Race to Crush Poachers May 28 2021, 3:37 PM May 28 2021, 12:30 PM May 28 2021, 3:37 PM (Bloomberg) Since the 2000âs, an elephant poaching epidemic has raged across Africa, with populations in some areas decimated and multiple species increasingly at risk of being wiped out by humanityâs lust for ivory. (Bloomberg) Since the 2000âs, an elephant poaching epidemic has raged across Africa, with populations in some areas decimated and multiple species increasingly at risk of being wiped out by humanityâs lust for ivory. Currently going for about $3,300 per pound, the global trade in ivory is worth about $23 billion annually, a reality made plain by the gruesome photos of butchered elephants that have become almost commonplace. In recent years, massive seizures of ivory seemed to signal a headlong rush toward extermination. ....
TNRC Blog Post Governments are today faced with an unprecedented public health emergency that has forced them to close borders and lock down cities and communities. But as serious as the health crisis is, the pandemic is also a socio-economic crisis, with impacts that may be longer term. These impacts can include increased corruption risks, and strategies are needed to mitigate the socio-economic impacts of the pandemic in such a way as to help prevent corruption. TNRC convened a Virtual Panel on “The COVID-19 pandemic, corruption, and the socio-economic impacts on local communities” on December 14, 2020 to examine some of these impacts and mitigating strategies. A recording is above, and a PDF of the slides from the event can be downloaded here. ....
Are wildlife trade bans backfiring? December 20, 2020 Today s best articles Daily business briefing Solving COVID newsletter Customs officials in Singapore made a grisly discovery last April at a port on the island s southern coast. Inside shipping containers supposedly transporting frozen beef from Nigeria to Vietnam, they found bloodstained sacks stuffed with 14 tons of scales stripped illegally from pangolins â scaly anteaters endemic to Africa and Asia. The seizure, worth about $38.7 million, is thought to be the largest bust of pangolin products globally in recent years. People hunt pangolins for their meat, considered a delicacy in Asia, and for their scales, which are used in traditional Chinese medicine to treat ills such as arthritis. Eight species are now vulnerable or endangered and, in 2016, more than 180 nations banned most cross-border commercial trade in them. They did so under a major international agreement called the Convention on Int ....