Russia’s mammoth ivory industry expands: what effect on elephants?

The commerce in woolly mammoth tusks (Mammuthus primigenius) in Russia, the main source for this raw material, has been going on for thousands of years, but during the communist period (1917-1989) the trade declined sharply. Since the early 1990s the domestic and international trade in these tusks...

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Main Authors: Esmond Martin, Chryssee Martin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IUCN 2010-06-01
Series:Pachyderm
Online Access:https://pachydermjournal.org/index.php/pachyderm/article/view/208
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