China announces ban on ivory trade by end of 2017

Re:China announces ban on ivory trade by end of 2017 by kahrkunne on Friday December 30, 2016 @11:20PM (#13289446)

Considering they need to inform everyone of this, think of strategies to effectively combat ivory trading, etcetera, 1 year is a very small time period.

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Re:China announces ban on ivory trade by end of 2017 by yogeshimac on Saturday December 31, 2016 @05:10AM (#13290442)

Wouldn't it be better if they finalized their plans before announcing something like this? this could very well make the poachers ramp up whatever they were doing, me thinks.

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Re:China announces ban on ivory trade by end of 2017 by shaobo on Saturday December 31, 2016 @07:17AM (#13290729)

So they should be less transparent?

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