China plans to ban all commerce in ivory by the end of 2017. The move could deal a major blow to elephant poaching in Africa.
Friday, December 30, 2016 6:03 PM EST
China announced on Friday that it was banning all commerce in ivory by the end of 2017, a move that would shut down the world’s largest ivory market and could deal a critical blow to the practice of elephant poaching in Africa.
The decision by China follows years of growing international and domestic pressure and gives wildlife protection advocates hope that the threatened extinction of certain elephant populations in Africa can be averted.
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