On Tuesday 16 May, the European Commission adopted new guidelines governing the trade in ivory within the EU and the re-export of raw ivory, as provided for by the action plan of the EU to halt the criminal trade in endangered species of wild fauna and flora. This is a step towards the ban on exporting raw ivory, which will apply from 1 July of this year.
On the same day, the decision was made to allocate €2.25 million to the Secretariat of the Convention on International Trade in...