The European Parliament voted by 579 votes to 15, with 20 abstentions, on Thursday 2 March to approve a raft of recommendations drafted by Emma McClarkin (ECR, UK) to make better use the EU’s trade tools to fight wildlife trafficking. It recommends a total ban on the ivory trade both within and outside the EU.
The illegal trade in plants and animals is fuelling a global ecological crisis, and the EU and the United States remain key markets and transit routes, MEPs argue, calling for the EU...