China is believed to be the world’s largest illegal ivory market, and until December 31, 2017, it was also the world’s biggest legal ivory market. But as pressure grew as a result of the poaching ...

The Chinese government today destroyed 6.15 tonnes of elephant ivory seized from illegal trade in a move signalling that China is firmly behind international action to address rampant elephant ...

When the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, or CITES, allowed a one-off chance for China to bid on a 108-ton stockpile of ivory amassed from natural ...

As a landmark ban on domestic ivory trade comes into effect in China at the end of this month, TRAFFIC and WWF surveys found that the ban has widespread support from a majority of consumers surveyed ...

"The Chinese government attaches great importance to the protection of wildlife -- including elephants -- and has released a series of rules and regulations strictly cracking down on the smuggling and ...

HONG KONG (Reuters) - A ban on ivory sales in China, the world's largest importer and end user of elephant tusks, takes effect on Sunday with wildlife activists calling it a vital step to reducing the ...

There are few people who outwardly support the ivory trade’, yet it remains lucrative and leads to the slaughter of hundreds of endangered animals each year. The ivory trade is the commercial, ...

China’s ivory trade has now been illegal for nine months, and it appears that fewer people are interested in buying ivory. A new survey of more than 2,000 people in China conducted by GlobeScan, a ...