Timeline
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Ratification of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of wild fauna and flora (CITES)
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Asian elephant populations (Elephas maximus) were listed in Appendix I of the CITES Convention
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African elephant populations (Loxodonta africana) were listed in Appendix III of the CITES Convention
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African elephant populations (Loxodonta africana) were listed in Appendix II of the CITES Convention
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African elephant populations (Loxodonta africana) were listed in Appendix I of the CITES Convention
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Start of MIKE (Monitoring the Illegal Killing of Elephants) and ETIS (Elephant Trade Information System)
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Southern African elephant populations (Loxodonta africana) were listed in Appendix II of the CITES Convention → allowing trade for special purposes
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1st one-off sale of stockpiled, government-owned ivory of Botswana, Namibia and Zimbabwe to China and Japan
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Development of NIAP (National Ivory Action Plan)
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2nd one-off sale of stockpiled, government-owned ivory of Botswana, Namibia, South Africa and Zimbabwe to China and Japan
Start of the project "ivoryID: Determination of age and origin of ivory"
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Start of the discussion "Decision-making mechanisms and necessary conditions for a future trade in African elephant ivory" by the CITES member states
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Germany stoped re-exports of raw ivory
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"Guidelines on Methods and Procedures for Ivory Sampling and Laboratory Analysis" was published by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
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Joint commitments to enact nearly complete bans of ivory import and export were announced by President Barack Obama of the United States and President Xi Jinping of China
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United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution about "Tackling illicit trafficking in wildlife"
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In the context of the Cotonou Declaration 25 African elephant range States agreed to support all proposals and actions at international and national levels to close domestic ivory markets worldwide
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European Commission adopted EU Action Plan against Wildlife Trafficking
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The administration of the database, IvoryID (www.ivoryid.org), is intended to be passed on to a UN organization
