Commitments

° Securing increased funding pledges for elephant conservation and management, including law enforcement actions along the illegal ivory value chain.

° Taking concrete steps to address national security risks resulting from the illegal killing of elephants where they exist; and

° Tackling corrupt networks that support the illegal killing of elephants, and the trafficking of large amounts of illegal ivory currently in traffic;

° Prioritising (urgent and country-specific) activities identified from the African Elephant Action Plan to address the recent upsurge in illegal killing across the range of the African elephant and in the global illegal ivory trade;

° Recognition of the economic damage to communities and States represented by the widespread poaching of elephants;

° Outlining clear timelines for strengthening national policy, legislation, law enforcement and deterrent penalties needed to control the illegal killing of African elephants and the illegal trade and trafficking in their ivory;

African Elephants Action Plan

Governments must commit to and enact legislative and enforcement reforms to curtail internal ivory markets.

Actions for the preservation and the conservation of the Elephants.

Countries with the most Ivory Seized

Each tusk icon represents 90 elephants, based on a tusk weight of 11 pounds, used to help calculate poaching levels. For comparison, the tusk at left is 12.2 pounds.

Current demand for ivory exceeds what can be supplied sustainably, and demand for illegal ivory must be reduced to mitigate the threat to elephant populations. Demand reduction must be accomplished through well-conducted and targeted awareness campaigns in end-use markets.

Source : United Nations Environment Programe.