Want China Times, Xinhua 2015-02-28
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| Elephants in Amboseli National Park in Kenya, July 16, 2014. (Photo/Xinhua) |
Chinese
authorities on Thursday announced a one-year ban on imports of African ivory
carvings acquired in accordance with the Convention on International Trade in
Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora.
In a brief
statement on its website, the State Forestry Administration said it would halt
administrative approval for the imports until Feb. 26, 2016.
The agency
said the move is to protect African elephants, and the one-year timeframe is
designed to assess the effects.
The sale of
ivory is legal in China if the activities conform with certain regulations.
Imports of ivory and its products must gain approval from the State Forestry
Administration.
According
to the rules, raw elephant ivory and its products should be processed at
designated places, sold at fixed shops and tracked on an individual item basis.
Each legal ivory product can be tracked through a unique photo ID and is
recorded in a database.
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