Friend of the Earth  program needs your signature and petition to lead Vietnamese, Chinese and Philippino Governments to launch a major campaign to discourage use and trade of elephant ivory.

In the nineteenth centuries elephants were 10 million, but their situation drastically precipitated when the ivory rush started, which brought the population to only more than 400 thousand individuals in the whole world.

The recent solution that CITES proposed during COP17 regarding the closure of domestic markets, including that in China, has led to the displacement of the ivory black market to neighboring countries where regulation is absent. (Traffic)

Many African, Asian, European and US countries have opposed the ivory market by destroying tons of tusks confiscated by the authorities. All this, however, is not sufficient to unmask corruption and hidden criminal actions, therefore we need tougher rules.

We will send all signatures of this petition to the travel angeces and we will ask for feedback and updates on the undertaken measures. We will then provide you with update here.

Thank you for signing!