Life Solved
Ice Ivory - The Mammoth Crime You Should Know About ft. Dr. Caroline Cox & Dr. Luke Hauser
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In this episode of Life Solved, we explore the little-known ‘Ice Ivory’ market. Hear Dr. Caroline Cox, Senior Lecturer at Portsmouth Law School and Dr Luke Hauser, a Researcher at the University of Portsmouth, describe how mammoth ivory is being sold, in place of elephant ivory; often illegally.
You’ll hear why the trade in mammoth ivory - surprisingly - isn’t necessarily unlawful, but that the approach to digging it out of the Siberian permafrost can be. Plus, the long-term environmental damage that comes from digging up the ancient beasts, and how this could affect our present-day elephant population.
The conversation covers law, ethics, poverty, trade and the environment - with some surprises along the way - and we discover why Luke might be the world’s first ‘geo-criminologist’.
You can also find out more about this work and other research at the University of Portsmouth website: https://www.port.ac.uk/research/
USEFUL LINKS
Dr Caroline Cox
https://www.port.ac.uk/about-us/structure-and-governance/our-people/our-staff/caroline-cox
Dr Luke Hauser: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Luke-Hauser
Caroline’s work on Ivory Trade legislation:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jBc31v0If8&list=PLNBoG5RueAf_kumrlSApeiWBpkO7OS6d9
The Ivory Project: https://www.port.ac.uk/research/research-projects/the-ivory-project
The Ivory Act 2018: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ivory-act-2018-enforcement-and-civil-sanctions/ivory-act-2018-enforcement-and-civil-sanctions
Ancient beasts unearthed in Siberia’s rush for mammoth ice-ivory
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