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It means ivory trading is still legal or the ban is intentionally not enforced, e.g. in Japan, https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/dec/20/japan-inacti
by dis-sys 9y ago
It means ivory trading is still legal or the ban is intentionally not enforced, e.g. in Japan,
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/dec/20/japan-inaction-on-illegal-ivory-exports-threatens-chinese-ban-report-says https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/dec/20/japan-in...
- sitkack 9y agoI just did a bit of research, it looks like the "legal" trade is a cover for the illegal one. I would argue that there is no legal ivory trade. > An estimated 20,000 African elephants are killed every year for their tusks, according to conservation groups. Last year, a record 40 tonnes of ivory were seized worldwide, triple the amount in 2007.