Rappler's latest stories on ivory trade
The week in photos: March 2-8, 2019
This week's selection of photo highlights here and around the world
Chinese ban on ivory sales goes into effect
African ivory is highly sought after in China, where it is seen as a status symbol, and used to fetch as much as $1,100 a kilogram
China to ban ivory trade by end of 2017 – media
The complete ban would affect 34 processing enterprises and 143 designated trading venues with dozens to be closed by the end of March 2017
Malaysia customs seizes 159 kg in smuggled ivory
It is the latest seizures in a country used as a key Asian transit point in the illegal trade
'Powerful few' control ivory trafficking in Africa
Scientists say only a few kingpins control the illegal trade based on DNA analysis done on ivory samples
Philippine Catholic leaders urged to reject ivory
The beauty of a work of art cannot justify the slaughter of wildlife the threat posed to biodiversity by poachers and traffickers says CBCP s Socrates Villegas
Illegal ivory seized in Vietnam
There have been a number of campaigns to warn Vietnamese not to use products from endangered animals but they have had little success
Activists demand Kenya probe after Asia ivory seizures
This comes after authorities in Singapore say they have found a 3 7 ton haul worth an estimated 6 million
Thailand faces trade ban over ivory failings – CITES
UPDATED Bangkok is under additional pressure to report back by next January on the steps it has taken to bolster recent laws that CITES claims are insufficient
PH to build elephant monument from destroyed ivory
The ash will be mixed with concrete to build a giant sculpture of a mother elephant protecting her calf an environment department official says
China crushes six tons of ivory – state media
Xinhua reports masked workers fed tusks from a pile surrounded by ivory carvings into crushing machines in the southern city of Dongguan
African, Asian nations vow crackdown on illegal ivory trade
Among those who agreed to the measures were key elephant nations such as Gabon Kenya Niger and Zambia transit countries Vietnam Philippines and Malaysia and ivory destination states including China and Thailand
P420-M worth of ivory tusks crushed in symbolic act
The Philippines becomes the first Asian country to destroy its multi million dollar stockpile of ivory tusks
Heat on Thailand as wildlife conference starts
Global conservationists will converge in Bangkok for the start of key endangered species talks on Sunday March 3 as host Thailand faces pressure to curb rampant ivory smuggling through its territory
Charging China demand drives deadly ivory trade
Surging demand for ivory and rhino horn in Asia is behind an ever mounting death toll of African elephants and rhinos conservationists say as authorities fail to rein in hugely lucrative international smuggling networks
Thai cop arrested with 20 elephant tusks
The haul was discovered when the suspect in plain clothes but driving a police van was stopped at a checkpoint
Gov't expands probe into 'blood' ivory
The NBI is looking into other owners of ivory figures amid concern that the sale of religious figures made of ivory is extensive
Cebu priest probed over 'child abuse' after ivory trade
The Vatican has suspended a senior priest in the Philippines over allegations he abused children when he was based in the United States in the 1980s
NBI asked to probe ivory trade in PH
The NBI will investigate the illegal ivory trade in the Philippines now linked to its use in religious carvings like Santo Niño
