The toll of raw ivory inwards Asia has fallen dramatically since the Chinese authorities announced plans to ban its domestic legal ivory trade, according to novel interrogation seen past times the Guardian. Poaching, however, is non dropping inwards parallel.
Undercover investigators from the Wildlife Justice Commission (WJC) convey been visiting traders inwards Hanoi over the terminal 3 years. In 2015 they were beingness offered raw ivory for an average of US$1322/kg inwards 2015, only past times Oct 2016 that toll had dropped to $750/kg, in addition to past times Feb this twelvemonth prices were equally much equally 50% lower overall, at $660/kg.
Traders complain that the ivory trouble organization has larn really “difficult in addition to unprofitable”, in addition to are proverb they desire to larn rid of their stock, according to the unpublished study seen past times the Guardian. Worryingly, however, others are stockpiling waiting for prices to transcend upwards again.
Of all the ivory industries across Asia, it is Vietnam that has increased its production of illegal ivory items the fastest inwards the terminal decade, according to Save the Elephants. Vietnam straightaway has 1 of the largest illegal ivory markets inwards the world, amongst the bulk of tusks beingness brought inwards from Africa. Although historically ivory carving is non considered a prestigious fine art course of pedagogy inwards Vietnam, equally it is inwards China, the issue of carvers has increased greatly.
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