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1. News - China

   Conservation official denies legal ivory trade to blame for poaching

   Posted May 21st 2013, 05:25pm by Reuters

   ... the State Forestry Administration, said it was unfair to blame China for the rise in poaching. “Has China’s legal ivory trade caused the poaching of wild elephants? I don’t think there’s necessarily ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1242819/conservation-official-denies-legal-ivory-trade-blame-poaching
2. News - World - KENYA

   Chinese ivory smuggler caught in Kenya fined less than US$1 a piece

   Posted Mar 27th 2013, 12:00am by AFP

   ... "intensified security operations and surveillance" in an effort to curb wildlife-related crimes. The illegal ivory trade is mostly fuelled by demand in Asia and the Middle East, where elephant ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1200630/chinese-ivory-smuggler-caught-kenya-fined-less-us1-piece
3. Comment - Letters

   Build a monument to illegal ivory trade

   Posted Mar 23rd 2013, 12:00am by LETTERS

   ... environmental organisations with the names of those schools. The elephants now face a huge battle for survival due to the rampant ivory trade, with China as the main destination. A recent survey ...

   http://www.scmp.com/comment/letters/article/1197573/build-monument-illegal-ivory-trade
4. News - Hong Kong - CONSERVATION

   Hand of organised crime in ivory trade

   Posted Mar 14th 2013, 12:00am by CHEUNG CHI-FAI

   ... News Hong Kong Ivory trade Conservation Organised crime Cheung Chi-fai chifai.cheung@scmp.com Large seizures of elephant tusks indicate the involvement of criminals, says report by trade monitor Hong Kong is on the frontline in the fight against illegal ivory trafficking, and has a growing role as a transit point of the illicit trade, according to reports by the UN and a wildlife ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1190036/hand-organised-crime-ivory-trade
5. News - Hong Kong - WILDLIFE

   Chinese buyers need to be educated on the ivory trade, says safari expert

   Posted Apr 28th 2013, 12:00am by John Carney

   ... said. Up to 30,000 African elephants were poached for their ivory last year and a record 668 South African rhinos killed for their horns. In Southeast Asia alone, the trade is worth US$8 billion ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1224904/chinese-buyers-need-be-educated-ivory-trade-says-safari-expert
6. News - Hong Kong

   Hong Kong seizes 113 smuggled ivory tusks worth HK$3m

   Posted May 01st 2013, 01:17pm by AFP

   ... a rise in the illegal trade in ivory has been fuelled by demand in Asia and the Middle East, where elephant tusks are used in traditional medicines and to make ornaments. Africa is home ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1227435/hong-kong-seizes-113-smuggled-ivory-tusks-worth-hk3m
7. Comment - Letters

   What's being said on facebook.com/southchinamorningpost

   Posted Mar 20th 2013, 12:00am

   ... for a monument against poaching, but the reality is that they need to be burned. Ivory should have no monetary or artistic value. Using it in any kind of way is leaving the door open to poaching. ...

   http://www.scmp.com/comment/letters/article/1194953/whats-being-said-facebookcomsouthchinamorningpost
8. News - World - KENYA

   Chinese ivory smugglers fined just US$340

   Posted Jan 30th 2013, 12:00am by AFP

   ... seized more than two tonnes of ivory, which had reportedly come from Tanzania and was destined for Indonesia. The illegal ivory trade is mostly fuelled by demand in Asia and the Middle East, where elephant tusks and rhinoceros horns are used to make ornaments and in traditional medicine. Trade in elephant ivory, with rare exceptions, has been outlawed since 1989 after elephant ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1138923/chinese-ivory-smugglers-fined-just-us340
9. Comment - Insight & Opinion

   Recent seizure of ivory in Hong Kong underlines need to save the elephants

   Posted Oct 24th 2012, 12:00am by SCMP Editorial

   ... Africa was equivalent to one-sixth of the total amount of ivory seized globally last year. But how much actually passes through Hong Kong can only be guessed at. The volume of trade going through ...

   http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1068241/recent-seizure-ivory-hong-kong-underlines-need-save
10. News - World

    Vatican defends ivory record with elephant lovers

    Posted Jan 23rd 2013, 10:32pm by AFP

    ... trade in ivory,” he added. Lombardi said the pope intervenes frequently on environmental awareness and assured campaigners that the Vatican would do more to engage Catholics on the issue ...

    http://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1134718/vatican-defends-ivory-record-elephant-lovers

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