COMMENT: Now's not the time for the trade to throw in the towel regarding the ivory ban
The general parameters of the government’s ivory ban, on the cards for years, are finally clear. As always with issues of CITES, the devil will be in the detail. Though the trade feels despondent in the face of the ban, a small concession on the currently very narrow 'de minimis' rule will make the ban a lot more manageable.
Workable ivory ban requires one final lobbying push
As we outline on these pages, under the new l…