The Chinese town at the epicenter of the global illegal ivory trade

Mongabay
Jul 5, 2017, 1:39 pm302 pts
When China announced at the end of 2016 that it would close its domestic ivory market within a year, the news was hailed as a “game changer” for African elephants, whose numbers are being driven down across the continent by poachers eager to meet the demand for ivory. The Chinese government said it would…

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