Reach and messages of the world's largest ivory burn

• Main Authors: Salmo, Severino G, III, Braczkowski, Alexander, Holden, Matthew H, O'Bryan, Christopher, Choi, Chi‐Yeung, Gan, Xiaojing, Beesley, Nicholas, Gao, Yufang, Allan, James, Tyrrell, Peter, Stiles, Daniel, Brehony, Peadar, Meney, Revocatus, Brink, Henry, Takashina, Nao, Lin, Ming-Ching, Lin, Hsien‐Yung, Rust, Niki, Watson, James E.M, Kahumbu, Paula, Maron, Martine, Possingham, Hugh P, Biggs, Duan
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2018
• Subjects: Africa; conservation marketing; elephant; ivory burn; media reach; Environmental Sciences; Natural Resources Management and Policy
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/es-faculty-pubs/1; https://conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/cobi.13097
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

Recent increases in ivory poaching have depressed African elephant populations. Successful enforcement has led to ivory stockpiling. Stockpile destruction is becoming increasingly popular, and most destruction has occurred in the last 5 years. Ivory destruction is intended to send a strong message a...