As seizures of poached giant clams rise, links to ivory trade surface

Mongabay
Oct 15, 2021, 11:02 am250 pts
In April 2021, authorities in the Philippines made a notable discovery. On a beachfront property on Sitio Green Island in Palawan province, they found shell after shell of giant clams, all protected species, laid out on the sand. The stockpile of shells weighed more than 200 metric tons, and their commercial…

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