Latest Elephant
Trade Information System (ETIS) analysis, prepared by TRAFFIC on behalf of
Parties to CITES is now available
ETIS is a comprehensive information system to track illegal
trade in ivory and other elephant products. It shares the same objectives as
those set out for MIKE in Resolution Conf. 10.10
(Rev. CoP16), with the difference that its aim is to record and analyse
levels and trends in illegal trade, rather than the illegal killing of
elephants. The central component of ETIS is a database on seizures of elephant
specimens that have occurred anywhere in the world since 1989. The seizure
database is supported by a series of subsidiary database components that assess
law enforcement effort and efficiency, rates of reporting, domestic ivory
markets and background economic variables. These database components are
time-based and country-specific and are used to mitigate factors that cause
bias in the data and might otherwise distort the analytical results. The
subsidiary database components also assist in interpreting and understanding
the results of the ETIS analyses. Since its inception, ETIS has been managed by
TRAFFIC on behalf of the CITES Parties and is currently housed at the TRAFFIC
East/Southern Africa office in Harare, Zimbabwe.
Read the report HERE
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