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Environment & Energy

xchrom

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2. i'm torn. the elephants are already dead.

Reply to Demeter (Reply #1)

Tue Jan 28, 2014, 01:04 PM

Jan 2014

and doesn't this in some fashion make ivory more rare - therefore more valuable?

more concentration on the consumer end to collapse demand - but i don't know how you can do that fast enough to save the elephants.

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Crush and Burn: A History of the Global Crackdown on Ivory [View all] xchrom Jan 2014 OP

Am I the only one that thinks this is a stupid policy? Demeter Jan 2014 #1

i'm torn. the elephants are already dead. xchrom Jan 2014 #2

It seems sorta backwards to me ..... oldhippie Jan 2014 #3