[Commentary] While headlines suggest elephant poaching is declining, organized crime continues to drive the illegal ivory trade.
In a new op-ed, Mary Rice, executive director of the Environmental Investigation Agency, warns that news-making seizures mask a persistent crisis centered in southern Africa.
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On ivory, follow the trafficking networks and not the headlines (commentary)
In early March 2026, acting on intelligence shared by my organization, the Environmental Investigation Agency UK, Zambian authorities seized a consignment of more than 500 kg (over 1,100 pounds) of ivory and arrested a suspect with long-standing link…Erik Hoffner (Mongabay Environmental News)
