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- プレスリリース：東京都、象牙取引への法的な対応検討へ–有識者会議の審議終了
プレスリリース：東京都、象牙取引への法的な対応検討へ–有識者会議の審議終了
環境保護団体は、東京都の有識者会議が提言した、象牙取引問題への対策を歓迎している。
- Tokyo Ivory Assessment Process Closes, Includes Consideration of Legal Measures to Address Ivory Trade
Tokyo Ivory Assessment Process Closes, Includes Consideration of Legal Measures to Address Ivory Trade
Environmentalists welcomed the recommendations from the designated panel of experts to the Tokyo Metropolitan Government (TMG) on steps to take to address its ivory trade problem.
- Le dernier mais pas le moindre : Le marché intérieur de l'ivoire au Japon
Le dernier mais pas le moindre : Le marché intérieur de l'ivoire au Japon
Le marché intérieur de l'ivoire au Japon continue à faciliter le commerce illégal de l'ivoire au Japon et à soutenir les exportations illégales hors du pays.
- Last But Not Least: Japan’s Domestic Ivory Market
Last But Not Least: Japan’s Domestic Ivory Market
Japan’s domestic ivory market continues to enable illegal ivory trade within Japan and sustain illegal exports out of the country.
- Letter: NGOs Make Recommendations for Tokyo Ivory Market Closure
Letter: NGOs Make Recommendations for Tokyo Ivory Market Closure
EIA and 30 international non-government environmental and conservation organizations sent a letter October 7, 2021, following up on previous appeals to the Tokyo Metropolitan Government (TMG). Our organizations continue to urge Tokyo to close the market for elephant ivory and make specific recommendations in the letter to the TMG for moving forward. The letter can be viewed in English and Japanese.
- Still Waiting for Action: Tokyo's Ivory Trade Assessment
Still Waiting for Action: Tokyo's Ivory Trade Assessment
The reality of the scope and impact of COVID-19 hit home for much of the world when the Tokyo 2020 Games were postponed. A year later and looking far different than ever expected or hoped, the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games finally arrived. As the host of the 2020 Games, Tokyo has come under increased scrutiny for its legal market for elephant ivory. Even as the Games were underway, the influential capital city faced mounting international pressure to close its legal ivory market for good. For World Elephant Day 2021, in between the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and Paralympics, we take a look at where Tokyo stands in doing its part to protect the world's elephants from the threats of ivory trade and poaching.
- Tokyo Fumbles Short-Term Ivory Trade Action
Tokyo Fumbles Short-Term Ivory Trade Action
Conservation, environmental and animal welfare groups bemoaned measures announced today by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government to address Tokyo’s illegal ivory trade as a missed opportunity. Tokyo’s short-term plan is focused only on consumer awareness and falls dramatically short of expectations for substantive action, instead replicating previous failed awareness efforts by Japan’s national government.
- NGO Appeal to Tokyo for Urgent Measures on Ivory
NGO Appeal to Tokyo for Urgent Measures on Ivory
EIA and 25 international non-government environmental and conservation organizations sent a letter February 18, 2021 to follow up on a previous appeal from March 2020. Our organizations encourage the closure of Tokyo's ivory market and also recommend some actions the Tokyo Metropolitan Government should take before the ivory market can be closed, including during the rescheduled 2020 Olympic Games. The letter can be viewed in English and Japanese.
- Willing to Sell: Snapshot Investigations of Ivory Hanko Retailers in Japan
Willing to Sell: Snapshot Investigations of Ivory Hanko Retailers in Japan
Report: Willing to Sell- Snapshot Investigations of Ivory Hanko Retailers in Japan
- Japanese Retailers Willing to Sell Ivory Hanko for Illegal Export
Japanese Retailers Willing to Sell Ivory Hanko for Illegal Export
Investigations of Japanese hanko retailers revealed that many are willing to sell an ivory product knowing that it will be exported internationally despite most being aware that ivory export is illegal.