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There are still countries that continue to allow the market of ivory to remain established. Although some countries hadn’t stopped the sales and trade of ivory, the United States and China have both agreed to close their market to ivory. China and the US were still both large markets for ivory but since they have agreed to stop all trade, they could brings ivory trade one step closer to an end.

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There are still countries that continue to allow the market of ivory to remain established. Although some countries hadn’t stopped the sales and trade of ivory, the United States and China have both agreed to close their market to ivory. China and the US were still both large markets for ivory but since they have agreed to stop all trade, they could brings ivory trade one step closer to an end.

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“Although the international trade in ivory has been banned since 1989, many countries including China and the US, another major market for ivory, continued to allow sales within their borders. Both nations have agreed to shut down their domestic ivory markets.” 

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“Although the international trade in ivory has been banned since 1989, many countries including China and the US, another major market for ivory, continued to allow sales within their borders. Both nations have agreed to shut down their domestic ivory markets.” 

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(https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2017/05/the-world-s-biggest-ivory-market-is-winding-down-can-china-save-the-elephant/ THE ‘BLOOD IVORY’ TRADE)

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Trade of ivory was mildly regulated but poachers and corrupt officials and enforcement who were in the ivory business were able to fake the requirements needed to certify the ivory as ivory that would be able to spread into the market. This shows that there still were attempts to cut down the amount of poaching that elephants experienced. 

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Trade of ivory was mildly regulated but poachers and corrupt officials and enforcement who were in the ivory business were able to fake the requirements needed to certify the ivory as ivory that would be able to spread into the market. This shows that there still were attempts to cut down the amount of poaching that elephants experienced. 

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“Sellers had to prove the ivory was of a certain age and provenance, but corruption and fake certification allowed the ‘blood ivory’ trade to boom in line with demand.” 

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“Sellers had to prove the ivory was of a certain age and provenance, but corruption and fake certification allowed the ‘blood ivory’ trade to boom in line with demand.” 

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(https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2017/05/the-world-s-biggest-ivory-market-is-winding-down-can-china-save-the-elephant/)

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Conservation efforts worldwide are calling to put an end to the ivory trade

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Ivory has been harvested for around 35,000 years and has been recently developed into a market, and despite controversial international laws and agreements, the total ivory market still moves billions each year, with global effort being made to end the ivory trade.

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The quote shows the wide variety of thing that ivory is being used for and how large the demand is for ivory is, thus giving the people who harvested and poached the ivory more profit. The small uses for ivory add up and contribute to the large amount of money made by ivory.

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The quote shows the wide variety of thing that ivory is being used for and how large the demand is for ivory is, thus giving the people who harvested and poached the ivory more profit. The small uses for ivory add up and contribute to the large amount of money made by ivory.

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Ivory has been harvested for around 35,000 years and has been recently developed into a market, and despite controversial international laws and agreements, the total ivory market still moves billions each year, with global effort being made to end the ivory trade.

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“...before being carved into a variety of items such as chopsticks, figurines, piano keys and chess sets.”

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“...before being carved into a variety of items such as chopsticks, figurines, piano keys and chess sets.”

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(https://academic.oup.com/bjc/article/49/4/451/325177 Elephant Poaching in Africa)

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The quote shows how easily the market for ivory is swayed when a new opportunity like China's markets are opened to possibility, thus giving the people who harvested and poached the ivory more profit. 

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The quote shows how easily the market for ivory is swayed when a new opportunity like China's markets are opened to possibility, thus giving the people who harvested and poached the ivory more profit. 

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“The opening of China’s ivory market in 2009 triggered a massive surge in demand.”  

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“The opening of China’s ivory market in 2009 triggered a massive surge in demand.”  

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(https://africageographic.com/blog/economics-ivory-extinction/)

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the price of ivory is extremely high for the amount that is able to be harvested from a single tusk, which makes ivory an extremely lucrative business venture for people who poach elephants and other animals that produce ivory. 

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the price of ivory is extremely high for the amount that is able to be harvested from a single tusk, which makes ivory an extremely lucrative business venture for people who poach elephants and other animals that produce ivory. 

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“prices for raw ivory on the online black market reached levels between $1700 and $3700 per kilogram”  

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“prices for raw ivory on the online black market reached levels between $1700 and $3700 per kilogram”  

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(http://economaniac.be/the-market-of-ivory PRICE)

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Despite international laws and agreements, the ivory trade still moves billions each year.

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The international community known as CITES or the Convention of International Trade in Endangered Species, has noticed the decline of elephant and rhinoceros populations. This has made the community become concerned with the outlook of the declining population because the immense amount of poaching could possibly mean the extinction of those species. 

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The international community known as CITES or the Convention of International Trade in Endangered Species, has noticed the decline of elephant and rhinoceros populations. This has made the community become concerned with the outlook of the declining population because the immense amount of poaching could possibly mean the extinction of those species. 

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"From the 1970s through the early 1990s. the international community [Convention of International Trade in Endangered Species] became increasingly concerned about the illegal poaching of African elephants and rhinos.”

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"From the 1970s through the early 1990s. the international community [Convention of International Trade in Endangered Species] became increasingly concerned about the illegal poaching of African elephants and rhinos.”

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(https://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/handle/2027.42/39354/als9527.0017.003.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y#page=2 BRIEF HISTORY OF POACHING IN AFRICA)

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Ivory has been collected for a very long time, which puts a sort of, sentimental value or need for the collection of ivory. Ivory has been considered as “White Gold” because of how large and profitable it has been through the years. 

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Ivory has been collected for a very long time, which puts a sort of, sentimental value or need for the collection of ivory. Ivory has been considered as “White Gold” because of how large and profitable it has been through the years. 

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Ivory has been harvested for 35,000 years and has just recently been developed into a market.

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“The first evidence for ivory carvings dates back 35 000 years when wooly mammoths provided the first source of ivory.”

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“The first evidence for ivory carvings dates back 35 000 years when wooly mammoths provided the first source of ivory.”

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(http://economaniac.be/the-market-of-ivory/ HISTORY AND USE)

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Ivory has been harvested for around 35,000 years and has been recently developed into a market, and despite controversial international laws and agreements, the total ivory market still moves billions each year, with global effort being made to end the ivory trade.