The United Kingdom plans to ban ivory sales to help bring an end to the poaching of African elephants by removing platforms and opportunities to trade in these products.
In August, a report by the London-based Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) showed that the UK was the world's largest exporter of legal ivory, principally to Hong Kong and China.
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