In July 2016, President Obama signed a federal law banning the sale of African ivory. This ban was intended to both protect elephants and eliminate the huge underground market for poachers.

By Ayesha Rascoe WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The ornate ivory statues and carvings sold in Scott Defrin's New York gallery date from the 17th and 18th centuries, but the antique dealer's business is ...

Spanish police said on Monday they had seized dozens of carvings made from the ivory tusks of endangered African and Asian elephants as part of a smuggling and environmental crimes investigation.

Two people who allegedly placed online ads to sell elephant ivory carvings are the first to be charged under wildlife trafficking laws passed by Pacific Northwest voters a few years ago.

A coalition of nations -- including the United States and African countries Gabon, Kenya and Malawi -- had urged the IUCN last week to adopt the motion to stop internal ivory trading.

Philippine Catholics use ivory to construct crucifixes, figures of the Virgin Mary and other icons. The province of Cebu is particularly known for its ivory renditions of the Santo Niño de Cebú (Holy ...

African ivory was turned into carvings across Europe and the Mediterranean. "No matter where you sit yourself down, you can look out at this interconnected world and see it from multiple ...

She said an ivory artist can earn between $35,000 and $50,000 a year, money that is shared with their family and the village. "Alaska Natives firmly believe and support efforts to preserve the African ...

China slapped a one-year ban on African ivory hunting trophy imports, the state forestry authority said on Thursday ahead of a trip by President Xi Jinping to Britain, where members of the royal ...

Within China, the trade and sale of ivory carvings are legal if the items were imported before the country joined the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and ...