February Action Alert: Protect Africa's Elephants

Protect Africa's Elephants   posted: 1 March, 2012 Despite the international ban on the trade of Elephant Ivory in 1989, it is estimated that every year 38,000 elephants are killed for ivory sales on the black market.    Poachers sell raw ivory for around $20 per pound. Most of this ivory eventually makes its way to China, where it is resold at $700 per pound—or more. This means that a single tusk from a full-grown bull elephant can fetch upwards of $50,000 on the black market. The poaching of elephants for their ivory tusks requires the death of some of the most beautiful and endangered animals on our planet.   Unless action is taken soon, many of the gains made in recent decades to protect the great elephants of Africa may be undone. In 1989 elephants were initially listed as an Appendix 1 species by CITES (the Convention on International Trade In Endangered Species of Flora and Fauna), banning any and all trade of ivory. In 1997 they were downgraded to an Appendix 2 species, allowing the trade of ivory with regulation.   Many nations do not have the capacity to strictly monitor the flow of ivory through their borders, nor are measures in place to effectively monitor the global ivory trade. Disguising illegal ivory as a legal product requires only an artificial aging process.   We must all take action— the fate of one of the world’s most intelligent and majestic creatures is in our hands. Representatives of the CITES Animals Committee are preparing now for an upcoming meeting in March 2012. Their preparation includes deciding how they will vote—and the leadership they will take—on a proposal to move elephants back to Appendix 1 classification where they were placed originally in 1979.   This reclassification would ban all new trade in ivory and allow for strict monitoring of the sale and transport of ivory with the expected result being a dramatic decrease in black market trade. Many countries oppose this change. We must act to make our voices ring louder than theirs and fight to protect Africa's elephants.   What You Can Do TAKE ACTION: CITES representatives from each region of the globe are elected to the Animals Committe to make important decisions regarding the trade of our planet's most precious fauna. Click here to find your region’s CITES representative's phone number, e-mail address and mailing address.   Urge him/her, in preparation for the March 2012 CITES Conference, to do everything in their power to see that your region votes for and plays a leadership role to reclassify elephants and return them to the CITES list of Appendix 1 species.   Let them know that you want your region to take action to see that elephants are given the greatest protection possible.   Click to visit the EarthAction Website for a sample e-mail to send to your representative and for more information on how CITES can work to save Africa's elephant population.   Your donation will help EarthAction in our ongoing work to protect Africa's Elephants. Click here to make a donation.    Image Credits: Ivory- New Scientist. Elephant- Brittany Hock. Text Credits: Walker Dunn   Connect with Us     Forward this email to a friend!  Donate to EarthAction     EarthAction, launched in 1992 at the Earth Summit, is a global network of thousands of groups and individuals in over 165 countries working together for a more just, peaceful and sustainable world.   www.EarthAction.org     Send your ideas for Action Alerts to: [email protected]

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Representatives of the CITES Animals Committee are preparing now for an upcoming meeting in March 2012. Their preparation includes deciding how they will vote—and the leadership they will take—on a proposal to move elephants back to Appendix 1 classification where they were placed originally in 1979.

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The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) is an international agreement between 175 Parties (governments). Its aim is to ensure that international trade in specimens of wild animals and plants does not threaten their survival. Today, it accords varying degrees of protection to more than 30,000 species of animals and plants, including elephants.

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