Poaching of elephants is decreasing due to the decline in demand for ivory
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Is a high-quality materials of crafts ivory to obtain the (ivory), so far many of the elephant has been killed by poachers. However, research has been published in Nature Communications that elephant poaching is decreasing as a result of reduced demand for ivory.
African elephant pricing rates correlate with local poverty, national corruption and global ivory price | Nature Communications
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-019-09993-2
Elephant Poaching is Decreasing as Ivory Demand Slows-D-brief
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/d-brief/201/06/03/elephant-poaching-is-decreasing-as-ivory-demand-slows/
Ivory is a premium material used for crafts such as seals, netsuke, blade braces, and piano white keys. Many elephants have been killed to obtain ivory for many years, and due to the decline in the population, in 1989 the International Convention on the International Trade of Endangered Species of Wild Animals and Plants (Washington Convention) Was forbidden.
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A research team at the University of York in the United Kingdom investigated what percentage of elephant corpses found on 53 parts of the African continent were killed by poaching from 2002 to 2017. According to the study, 10.4% of all African elephants were killed by poaching in 2011 at the peak time, but in 2017 the number fell to less than 4%.
There are two possible reasons for the decrease in poaching: “Decline in demand for ivory” and “Results of police control of poaching”. According to a survey on the decline in demand for ivory, we have analyzed changes in ivory prices in China, where Hong Kong has traditionally had a high demand for ivory for crafts, Hong Kong and Macao. Then, it seems that there was a strong correlation between fluctuations in ivory prices and the increase or decrease in poaching numbers.
Regarding the control of poaching, the research team pointed out that in Africa, a country that produces ivory, a rise in ivory prices causes 'corruption' of law enforcement agencies, and the market for illicit products such as ivory, drugs and weapons will expand. You According to the survey, there was a correlation between the poverty rate and the poaching rate in the area, but it was found that the poaching rate was more affected by the reduction in ivory prices.
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The research team cited the reasons why the ivory prices in China and other countries fell, such as China's step-by-step policy prohibiting domestic trade of ivory from 2015 to 2017, China's economic recession, etc. You
According to the research team, although the number of elephants poaching is decreasing, the number of elephants has not increased yet. The research team says that further reducing the demand for ivory and improving the living standards of people living close to elephants in Africa will prevent the extinction of elephants.
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