China’s Ivory Trade

A year-long “temporary” halt to ivory trade outside China is a hopeful, if symbolic, move to end attacks on elephants and rhinoceroses. A coalition of celebrities, politicians, and environmentalists put pressure on Xi Jinping to ban the import of ivory, but current regulations are flouted daily. The movement of ivory must be complete and permanent to fully stop the underground trade.



Robert I. Rotberg, Fellow, Woodrow Wilson Int'l Center via CHINA US Focus http://ift.tt/1EnHoAt