Global ivory market prices since the 1989 CITES ban

Sosnowski, Monique C.; Knowles, Toby G; Takahashi, Taro; Rooney, Nicola J.

doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2019.07.020

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“…This assumption is false. In Sosnowski and Petrossian (2020) and our previous body of work, we neither petition for nor against trade in wildlife (i.e., Petrossian et al., 2016, 2020; Sosnowski, 2020; Sosnowski & Moreto, 2021; Sosnowski et al., 2019; van Uhm et al., 2019). Rather, we acknowledge that there are rules and regulations guiding what can legally be imported into the United States, for example, and examine the available data on wildlife goods that have been seized upon violations.…”

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Illegal and legal wildlife trade analysis discourse: response to Natusch et al. 2021

Sosnowski

2021

Conservation Biology

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confidence: 92%

Illegal and legal wildlife trade analysis discourse: response to Natusch et al. 2021

Sosnowski

2021

Conservation Biology

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“…Keeping raw tusks for later sale, at a higher price, is an option for some elephant owners as ivory can be treated as an investment due to its durability and minimal storage costs (Moyle, 2014). Legality is also a significant determinant of ivory market price (Sosnowski et al, 2019); the high value of ivory is a consequence of the 2015 legislation reform. This restriction reduced the potential ivory supply and increased the price of tradable stock (legal ivory).…”

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Domestic ivory trade: the supply chain for raw ivory in Thailand is driven by the financial needs of elephant owners and market factors

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Gordon

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Human Dimensions of Wildlife

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The ivory trade is of global interest due to its impacts on elephant conservation. Thailand permits the domestic trade of ivory from domesticated elephants. Knowledge of the supply chain is important for managing this market in order to achieve sustainable benefits for both wildlife conservation and human livelihoods. We interviewed elephant owners and ivory manufacturers to conduct an analysis of the Thai ivory supply chain. Five key actor groups operate in this supply chain: elephant owners, intermediaries, manufacturers, retailers, and ivory consumers. Factors influencing the supply of raw ivory vary with harvesting, use, and sale destination but the financial needs of elephant owners and market factors are particularly influential. Elephant owner decisions also depend on elephant management, sentimental values, ivory beliefs, tusk forms, and legal awareness. These findings have the potential to inform the design of monitoring the Thai ivory market.

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“…Sensors placed within the forest for tracking animal, habitat quality, or environmental activity to aid in conservation can provide valuable information to poachers. Global trade in wild animals and plants is worth up to $350 billion annually (Sosnowski et al., 2019) and illegal wildlife trade has become the fourth largest international organized crime (Wasser et al., 2015). For example, since 2007, illegal ivory trade has been estimated to have doubled (Bennett, 2015) and forest elephant populations declined by 62% between 2002 and 2011 (Maisels et al., 2013).…”

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The Smart Forest Conundrum: Contextualizing Pitfalls of Sensors and AI in Conservation Science for Tropical Forests

Sarkar

Chapman

2021

Tropical Conservation Science

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The term ‘smart forest’ is not yet common, but the proliferation of sensors, algorithms, and technocentric thinking in conservation, as in most other aspects of our lives, suggests we are at the brink of this evolution. While there has been some critical discussion about the value of using smart technology in conservation, a holistic discussion about the broader technological, social, and economic interactions involved with using big data, sensors, artificial intelligence, and global corporations is largely missing. Here, we explore the pitfalls that are useful to consider as forests are gradually converted to technological sites of data production for optimized biodiversity conservation and are consequently incorporated in the digital economy. We consider who are the enablers of the technologically enhanced forests and how the gradual operationalization of smart forests will impact the traditional stakeholders of conservation. We also look at the implications of carpeting forests with sensors and the type of questions that will be encouraged. To contextualize our arguments, we provide examples from our work in Kibale National Park, Uganda which hosts the one of the longest continuously running research field station in Africa.

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Global ivory market prices since the 1989 CITES ban

Cited by 10 publications

References 26 publications

Illegal and legal wildlife trade analysis discourse: response to Natusch et al. 2021

Illegal and legal wildlife trade analysis discourse: response to Natusch et al. 2021

Domestic ivory trade: the supply chain for raw ivory in Thailand is driven by the financial needs of elephant owners and market factors

The Smart Forest Conundrum: Contextualizing Pitfalls of Sensors and AI in Conservation Science for Tropical Forests

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