Ivory's ghosts
Subtitle: the white gold of history and the fate of elephants
By: John Frederick Walker.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Atlantic Monthly; Distributed by Publishers Group West; Atlantic Monthly Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York; [S.l.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 312
ISBN-13: 9780871139955
Subjects: Elephants; Wildlife conservation; Ivory; Ivory industry -- Corrupt practices
Description: A historical examination of the ivory trade, its significance in cultures around the world, and the ban instituted in the 1980s to save the African elephant looks at what is to be done with the growing stockpile of ivory recovered from elephants who have died from natural causes.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.