Scientists find way to identify elephant ivory disguised as legal mammoth ivory http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TLXKlM #IvoryTrade #WildlifeConservation #ElephantProtection #MammothIvory #EndangeredSpecies
Africa’s savanna #elephants declined by 70% and forest elephants by over 90% between 1964 and 2016. Though their decline was known, its full scale and regional impact were unclear until now. A #biology professor explains: buff.ly/b1XHVdC
By George Wittemyer, Colorado State University #ivorytrade 🐘
https://buff.ly/b1XHVdC
Africa’s elephants have been in dramatic decline for 50 years. What can be done to save them – new study

Maintaining current elephant numbers, let alone reversing declines, requires new thinking and conservation innovation.

The Conversation
Africa’s savanna #elephants declined by 70% and forest elephants by over 90% between 1964 and 2016. Though their decline was known, its full scale and regional impact were unclear until now. A #biology professor explains: https://buff.ly/CILyJpC
By George Wittemyer, Colorado State University #ivorytrade 🐘
Africa’s elephants have been in dramatic decline for 50 years. What can be done to save them – new study

Maintaining current elephant numbers, let alone reversing declines, requires new thinking and conservation innovation.

The Conversation
Ivory displayed at Prince William’s palace despite his criticism of trade

Artwork exhibited at Kensington Palace among nearly 2,000 artefacts in royal collection

The Guardian
Has Saket Gokhale been arrested also because of this?
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#modisfailures