Posts Tagged ‘Tanzania’
Ivory prices hit the sky, push poaching up
In just the last eight years the price of illegal ivory has increased 15 fold from US $100 a kg to $1500 a kg.
In 1999 Japan was the only legal buyer of ivory. In 2008 it was joined by China. The three biggest illegal ivory markets are in China, Japan, and Thailand. Read the rest of this entry »
Jumbo deaths in Tanzania: is poaching metric accurate?
The poaching metric in places like Tanzania, as in most parts of Africa, is window-dressed. To claim that their elephant population is in good health it’s calculated at the ratio of carcass to live elephants. Tanzania claims it has a poaching metric of just two per cent. Read the rest of this entry »
