Ivory : power and poaching in Africa / Keith Somerville.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Somerville, Keith, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (1973 March 3).

Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora.

Ivory industry--Corrupt practices--Africa.

Ivory industry.

African elephant--Effect of poaching on.

African elephant.

African elephant--Effect of hunting on.

African elephant--Conservation.

Poaching--Political aspects--Africa.

Poaching.

Ivory industry--Corrupt practices.

Terrorism--Finance.

Terrorism.

Africa.

Elfenbeinhandel.

Schmuggel.

Korruption.

Elefanten.

Wilderei.

Bedrohte Tiere.

Artensterben.

Local Subjects:

Elfenbeinhandel.

Schmuggel.

Korruption.

Elefanten.

Wilderei.

Bedrohte Tiere.

Artensterben.

Physical Description:

xvii, 390 pages : maps ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

London : Hurst & Company, 2016.

Summary:

"Despite the 1989 global ivory trade ban, poaching and ivory smuggling have not abated. More than half of Tanzania's elephants have been killed for their ivory since 2007. A similarly alarming story can be told of the herds in northern Mozambique and across swathes of central Africa. But why the new upsurge? The popular narrative blames a meeting of two evils -- criminal poaching and terrorism. But the answer is not that simple. Since ancient times, large-scale killing of elephants for their tusks has been driven by demand beyond Africa's range states from the Egyptian pharaohs through the industrialising West to the new wealthy business class of China. Elephant hunting in Africa is also governed by human-elephant conflict, traditional hunting practices and the impact of colonial exploitation and criminalisation. Ivory follows this complex history of the tusk trade in Africa, and explains why it is corruption, crime and politics, rather than insurgency, that we should worry about. In this ground-breaking work, Somerville argues that regulation -- not prohibition -- of the ivory trade is the best way to stop uncontrolled poaching." -- Publisher's description.

Contents:

Introduction

Africa and Ivory : An Ancient but Bloody and Brutal Trade

The Nineteenth Century : One Hundred Years of Exploitation and Extermination

The Ivory Trade and Criminalisation of African Hunters Under Colonial Rule

Conservation, Corruption, Crime and Conflict in East Africa

The Killing Fields of Central and Southern Africa

The CITES Saga

Resurgent Poaching : Soaring Chinese Demand and Developing Insurgency Discourse

Conclusion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-371) and index.

ISBN:

9781849046763

184904676X

OCLC:

950450616