Consumer demand for ivory in Japan declines

Pachyderm

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 45-54

  Vigne, Lucy ^a   Martin, Esmond ^a  

^a NONE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

CITES; Elephant tusks; Ivory auctions; Ivory carvers; Ivory traders; Japan; Mammoth ivory

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957193091     PISSN: 10262881     EISSN: 16835018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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