Ivory up in flames, but who really noticed? How messages on elephant poaching might be missed
- Written by Matthew H. Holden, Lecturer, Centre for Applications in Natural Resource Mathematics, The University of Queensland
The world's biggest burn of illegal ivory.Daniel Stiles, Author provided
The tusks of more than ten thousand elephants went up in flames in Kenya on April 30, 2016 – the world’s largest ever ivory burn. It was meant as a powerful display against poaching and the illegal ivory trade.
But did those flames reach their intended target?
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