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The Inquiry: How Did China Ban Ivory?

African Elephant

12/04/2018 GMT

How Did China Ban Ivory?

BBC World Service - The Inquiry, How Did China Ban Ivory?

The story of how China ended its love affair with white gold.

China’s ivory market is now closed for business. The country has long been one of the world's biggest consumers of ivory.  But as of this year, buying and selling ivory in China is illegal. Carving factories, workshops and jewellers have all shut their doors. How did this happen?  And will it be enough to save the African elephant?

(Photo: An African Elephant throws mud onto himself, Mpala Research Centre, Kenya. Credit: Simon Maina/Getty Images)

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