ABSTRACT
The previous chapters have presented data on the ivory trade–the quantities traded, the nature of the ivory demand and the aggregate value of the ivory in commerce. These studies reveal the vast quantities of ivory in international trade over the past few decades, reaching a peak in the early 1980s with a volume in excess of 1,000 tonnes per annum. They also show that much of the new, and strongest, demand is currently based in the newly rich Asian states, recently enabled by industrialization to participate in the world ivory market.
