Global EditionASIA 中文雙語Fran?ais
China
Home / China / Environment

World applauds ivory ban, but experts say illegal trade may rise

By Yang Wanli and Sylvia Chang | China Daily | Updated: 2018-01-31 07:51
Share
Share - WeChat

The family regards the ivory ban as a personal death sentence.

"For a long time, my family has earned a humble living by carving ivory balls. We strongly believe in passing on our skills, but now we can only see the end of the line," Weng said.

"We don't know what will happen in the future, and no work can be done at the factory. Having nothing to do makes us feel even worse. The factory pays us 1,600 yuan ($250) a month, which is barely a living wage in Guangzhou."

As a result, the 25-year-old plans to make a new start in Hong Kong, just an hour by bus from his home.

In July, Hong Kong's Legislative Council announced a bill that would ban the ivory trade in 2021, but a final decision has yet to be made. That means the trade will continue in the city for at least three more years.

Inactive sector

However, while Weng believes Hong Kong will provide a period of grace for craftsmen from the mainland, many experts and market researchers are less optimistic.

The Hong Kong Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department conducted a survey of the city's ivory trade between February and April 2016.

The results revealed that the local ivory trade is effectively inactive because approximately 90 percent of the city's reserves were purchased before 1990 and the last ivory transaction happened in 2011.

In 2016, the Hong Kong government announced that it would reduce the sale and processing of ivory, aiming to end the trade completely within five years.

Since then, the price of tusks has fallen from tens of thousands of Hong Kong dollars per kilogram to less than HK$10,000 ($1,279), according to Pong Tat-lei, a local trader.

"The mainland ban is hitting Hong Kong's ivory traders hard because most of our clients come from the other side of the border," he said.

|<< Previous 1 2 3 4 5 Next   >>|
Top
BACK TO THE TOP
English
Copyright 1995 - . All rights reserved. The content (including but not limited to text, photo, multimedia information, etc) published in this site belongs to China Daily Information Co (CDIC). Without written authorization from CDIC, such content shall not be republished or used in any form. Note: Browsers with 1024*768 or higher resolution are suggested for this site.
License for publishing multimedia online 0108263

Registration Number: 130349
FOLLOW US
 
主站蜘蛛池模板: 少妇中文字幕乱码亚洲影视| 欧美日韩国产三上悠亚在线看| 国产精品久久久久久久久齐齐| 三上悠亚在线网站| 最近更新中文字幕第一电影 | 中文字幕成人网| 欧美人妻精品一区二区三区| 免费无码又爽又刺激网站| 韩国理论妈妈的朋友| 国产精品欧美一区二区在线看| 一级做a爰片久久毛片一| 日韩在线不卡免费视频一区| 亚洲欧美日韩在线精品2021| 精品乱码一区二区三区四区| 国产免费一区二区三区不卡| 2018天天干夜夜操| 好吊妞788免费视频播放| 久久人人爽人人爽人人片dvd| 欧美性大战久久久久久久| 免费的a级毛片| 被猛男cao尿了| 国产激爽大片高清在线观看| 99久久久国产精品免费牛牛四川| 成人免费v片在线观看| 久久只这里是精品66| 欧美人与动性xxxxx杂性| 免费A级毛片在线播放不收费| 色妞视频一级毛片| 国产成人午夜福利在线播放 | 欧美丰满白嫩bbwbbw| 人人妻人人澡人人爽人人精品 | 精品一区二区三区四区五区| 国产乱人伦AV在线麻豆A| 精品久久久久久蜜臂a∨| 国产美女被爆羞羞视频| gogo全球高清大胆啪啪| 成人无码A级毛片免费| 久久人人妻人人做人人爽| 校花哭着扒开屁股浣肠于柔| 亚洲精品偷拍无码不卡av| 私人玩物无圣光|