Ivory crisis: Growing no-trade consensus

Citation

Sekar N, Clark W, Dobson A, Francisco Coelho PC, Hannam PM, Hepworth R, Hsiang S, Kahumbu P, Lee PC, Lindsay K, Lopes Pereira C, Wasser S & Nowak K (2018) Ivory crisis: Growing no-trade consensus. Science, 360 (6386), pp. 276-277. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aat1105

Abstract
First paragraph: In their Perspective, "Breaking the deadlock on ivory" (15 December 2017, p. 1378), D. Biggs et al. propose steps to enhance unity around the African elephant poaching crisis. We support their recommendations for dialogue among African elephant range states. However, the Perspective misrepresents the evidence-driven rationale of the no-trade approach to ivory, promotes a counterproductive geographically divided approach to wildlife trade, and understates the growing worldwide policy consensus to end ivory trade.

Notes
Output Type: Letter

Journal
Science: Volume 360, Issue 6386