China bans ivory trade by end of 2017

Good question.

Nations that are signatories to The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) are obliged to implement and enforce the treaty.

I guess the pressure should be in the form of encouragement of countries to adopt the treaty. The economic benefits of signing must be greater than the economics of ivory. Perhaps this is the pressure point to work on.

As to who, any or all of the current signatories could play a part in encouraging their neighbours to sign up. Perhaps China could be very influential in the Asian region?

http://www.hsi.org/campaigns/dont_buy_wild/faqs_about_cites.html
 
Warrigal said:
Good question.

Nations that are signatories to The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) are obliged to implement and enforce the treaty.

I guess the pressure should be in the form of encouragement of countries to adopt the treaty. The economic benefits of signing must be greater than the economics of ivory. Perhaps this is the pressure point to work on.

As to who, any or all of the current signatories could play a part in encouraging their neighbours to sign up. Perhaps China could be very influential in the Asian region?

http://www.hsi.org/campaigns/dont_buy_wild/faqs_about_cites.html
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But will it happen? If the prohibition on whaling could be implimented then there might be a chance but the Japanese bought votes in order to allow whaling to continue for "scientific purposes".
 
As an Australian I am well aware of the Japanese whaling situation. Between the activities of Sea Shepherd and Australia winning a case in an international court they have not had it all their way. Their harvest have been decreasing drastically

I am also aware that the Kenyans after independence saw the economic advantage of wild life tourism over big game hunting and outlawed the latter. Some of the former hunter/guides became poachers and others became game wardens. No quarter was given to any poachers they captured. It's an ongoing struggle with the conservation of the wild animals at stake.

It's not easy but is it OK to just give in and let the wild animals disappear from the earth?
 
Warrigal said:
As an Australian I am well aware of the Japanese whaling situation. Between the activities of Sea Shepherd and Australia winning a case in an international court they have not had it all their way. Their harvest have been decreasing drastically

I am also aware that the Kenyans after independence saw the economic advantage of wild life tourism over big game hunting and outlawed the latter. Some of the former hunter/guides became poachers and others became game wardens. No quarter was given to any poachers they captured. It's an ongoing struggle with the conservation of the wild animals at stake.

It's not easy but is it OK to just give in and let the wild animals disappear from the earth?
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Of course not but relying on anything that is associated with the UN is a waste of time. The UN has now become part of the problem and never a solution to anything.
 
I don't think the UN need to be involved if individual countries band together for a good cause. Not easy but worth a try.
 

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