Japan is currently the world’s most significant open ivory market, but the government has the opportunity to change that status. EIA will continue to advocate for the end of all legal ivory trade, everywhere and at every level, in order to protect elephants.
EIA sent teams of campaigners from our UK and US offices to the 77th meeting of the Standing Committee (SC77) of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES).
EIA is attending the 77th meeting of the CITES Standing Committee to engage on issues important to the protection of elephants, rhinos, tigers, pangolin, vaquita, rosewood, and more.
As usual, some of the news about rhinos coming out of South Africa is good, some is bad, and most is complicated.
Officials in Japan’s largest city are on the verge of making a crucial decision – will Tokyo go further than the national government of Japan to take real action to address its role in the illegal international trade in elephant ivory?
On July 19, thieves stole 51 rhino horns from the ostensibly secure store room in South Africa. This isn't the first time something like this happened. Unless kept for legitimate enforcement or scientific purposes, rhino horn stockpiles are counterproductive to rhino conservation efforts.