Outcomes for elephants following CITES

Outcomes for elephants following CITES - Sheldrick Wildlife Trust

We've seen significant wins and losses for elephants at these conferences over the years, from the 1989 ban on the international sale of ivory.

What's next for African elephant states after CITES defeat? - FairPlanet

The huge elephant concentrations in southern Africa are blamed for contributing to habitat loss and increasing cases of human-wildlife conflict.

THE STATUS OF AFRICA'S ELEPHANTS AND UPDATES ... - CITES

publishing African elephant status reports in two parts following the Groups' ... completed and results are reported. 4.6 Botswana: The ...

CITES CoP17: 7 Reasons Elephants Won at CITES - WCS Newsroom

4) Illegal trade in live Asian elephants finally attracting serious attention from CITES – several Decisions were made by the CoP including a ...

Elephant in the Room: CITES and African Elephants

An effective ban on commercial trade was agreed in 1989, when the species was included in Appendix I. Over the following ten years, four ...

Monitoring the Illegal Killing of Elephants (MIKE) - CITES

... following project: Improving the conservation of Asian elephants through ... results need to be interpreted with caution. Elephant Mortality Data.

The African Elephant, Africa, and CITES: The Next Step

effects" results in inconsistent enforcement. In a related way ... pass the following resolution, which can be enforced by the Exchange: worked ...

African elephant species now Endangered and Critically ... - IUCN

“While the results of the assessment place the continental population of savanna elephants in the Endangered category, it is important to keep ...

Integrating a “One Well-being” approach in elephant conservation

Past issues of JFO may be accessible at the following sites: 2006 - 2021 at ... This often results in increased stress and negative well-being outcomes for the ...

African elephants still in decline due to high levels of poaching - CITES

Despite the slight decline and stabilisation recorded since 2011, estimated poaching rates overall remain higher than the normal growth rate of ...

Brief History of Conservation - Elephant Listening Project

At the time, elephants were listed under Appendix II by CITES (the Convention of International Trade and Endangered Species). Under Appendix II, species are not ...

Saving elephants from the ivory trade - EIA

Food passing through elephants also results in the transfer of nutrients, organic matter and seeds from elephant droppings into the soil. Tree felling by ...

Elephant | Species | WWF - World Wildlife Fund

In 1989, the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)—a global agreement among governments to regulate or ban ...

International Ban on Ivory Sales and its Effects on Elephant ...

The results of this study indicate that the CITES ban on the international trade in ivory has succeeded in reversing the decline in the African elephant ...

CITES Places a Moratorium on Live Elephant Exports from Africa

In 2019, the 18th Conference of the Parties (CoP18) decided to limit live elephant exports to in situ conservation areas, i.e. within the ...

FINAL REPORT - CITES

habitats; problem animal control is an outcome of human-elephant conflict; trophy hunting is ... Asian elephant range States, will cover the ...

Human-elephant coexistence through aligning conservation with ...

... (CITES), and South Africa's recently drafted Policy Position on the ... outcomes (e.g., wealth, health, wellbeing, cohesion), as well as the potential ...

Revision to the Section 4(d) Rule for the African Elephant

In October 1989, all populations of African elephants were transferred from CITES Appendix II to Appendix I (effective in January 1990), which ...

African elephant poaching down, ivory seizures up and hit record high

Scanlon, CITES Secretary-General, said: “Eastern Africa has been badly affected by the surge in poaching over the last ten years, and has ...

The shared nature of Africa's elephants - ScienceDirect.com

76% of Africa's elephants are found in transboundary populations. Split-listing elephants between two CITES Appendices belies ecological reality.