Japan World Champion in Illegal Ivory Trade

Japan World Champion in Illegal Ivory Trade – Nations meeting next week in Lyon for CITES will realize how seriously Japan lags in addressing its domestic ivory market. The scale of Japan’s ivory market is vast, with a stockpile...

Japan World Champion in Illegal Ivory Trade


Japan World Champion in Illegal Ivory Trade

Nations meeting next week in Lyon for CITES will realize how seriously Japan lags in addressing its domestic ivory market. The scale of Japan’s ivory market is vast, with a stockpile of 244 tonnes, including 178 tonnes of the registered whole tusks and 66 tonnes of the cut pieces reported by the registered dealers, accounts for 89% of the entire ivory stockpiles in Asia (275.3 tonnes) and 31% of the world’s stockpiles (796 tonnes), as declared to CITES. The first in-person […]

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