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Australia has not implemented a promised domestic ivory trade ban
1.2MAUD
Value of ivory objects advertised for sale in Australia over a six-month period
Australia’s 2019 promise to ban domestic trade in elephant ivory and rhinoceros horn has not been implemented. A study found widespread online ivory listings with little documentation of legal importation, while the government said Australia’s market poses no major threat to wild elephant or rhino populations.
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The Australian federal government promised in 2019 to enforce a domestic ban on the trade in elephant ivory and rhinoceros horn.
“a federal government promise in 2019 to enforce a domestic ban on the trade of ivory and rhinoceros horn”
Australia has not implemented the promised domestic ban on trade in elephant ivory and rhinoceros horn.
“never came to fruition”
- 1.2MAUD
Value of ivory objects advertised for sale in Australia over a six-month period
“About $1.2 million worth of ivory objects were advertised in Australia for sale over a six-month period last year”