Vietnam's Illegal Ivory Trade Threatens Africa's Elephants. (2016)
拯 救 大 象 VIETNAM’S ILLEGAL IVORY TRADE THREATENS AFRICA’S ELEPHANTS LUCY VIGNE and ESMOND MARTIN VIETNAM’S ILLEGAL IVORY TRADE THREATENS AFRICA’S ELEPHANTS LUCY VIGNE and ESMOND MARTIN SAVE THE ELEPHANTS PO Box 54667 Nairobi 00200, Kenya သࠥ ⦄ 2016 © Lucy Vigne and Esmond Martin, 2016 All rights reserved ISBN 978-9966-096-76-0 Front cover: Raw tusks from Africa are being processed illegally in large quantities in northern Vietnam. Title page: Common jewellery items such as these are produced especially for the mainland Chinese. Back cover: Large quantities of worked ivory are available for sale in northern Vietnam, as seen in this display cabinet, with items for retail sale on top and bags of duplicate ivory items for wholesalers below. Photographs: Lucy Vigne: Front cover, title page, pages 6, 8, 10 right, 12, 14–16, 18, 20–21, 22 right, 24–27, 29–34, 36–44, 46–58, 61–64, 65 right, 66, 67 bottom, 68 bottom, 70–71, 82, 84, back cover Esmond Martin: Pages 9, 10 left, 19, 22 left, 28, 35, 45, 65 left, 67 top Daniel Stiles: Pages 11, 59–60 Karl Ammann: Page 68 top Published by: Save the Elephants, PO Box 54667, Nairobi 00200, Kenya Contents 07 Executive summary 09 History of ivory in Vietnam 13 Introduction to survey 13 Methodology 13 Legal position of the ivory trade in Vietnam 17 Results of survey 17 Sources and wholesale prices of raw ivory in Vietnam 18 Ho Chi Minh City 18 Background 18 Ivory workshops and artisans 19 Retail outlets, ivory items and prices 21 Vendors and buyers 23 Buon Ma Thuot 23 Background 25 Ivory workshops and artisans
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