The ivory trade isn’t just a disaster for elephants. It threatens our future too

[UngulateNerd92]

Elephants prop up the forest and savannah ecosystems we need to store carbon. To stabilise the climate, we must stop their slaughter by ivory poachers.

https://amp-theguardian-com.cdn.amp.../ivory-trade-elephants-future-forest-poachers

 

[Zooplantman]

Only when the market dries up will poachers have no incentive to kill elephants. There will always be another poacher until there are no more buyers.

 

[UngulateNerd92]

Only when the market dries up will poachers have no incentive to kill elephants. There will always be another poacher until there are no more buyers.

This is unfortunately true, but it is good that information making the connections that Ian Redmond made gets out into the open. Most people wouldn't connect those factors in their minds.