halt the illegal trade in ivory from Africa's elephants

The White House should tie trade with Asia to concrete efforts to make the ivory trade illegal. A new study confirms what conservationists have long feared—forest elephants are heading for extinction. The research, conducted by more than 60 scientists working in five Central African countries, reveals dire numbers: A staggering 62 percent of forest elephants have been killed for their ivory throughout the past decade. Increased poaching tracks rising consumer demand for ivory in the Far East.
Saving the species requires a coordinated global effort in the countries where elephants occur – all along the ivory smuggling routes, and at the final destination in the Far East. We don’t have much time before elephants are gone. If this trade continues, African forest elephants will go extinct.