Environment and Conservation Fund - A mammoth task: creating a reliable and cheap test to distinguish mammoth and elephant ivories to prevent trafficking and laundering of elephant ivory
Grant Data
Project Title
Environment and Conservation Fund - A mammoth task: creating a reliable and cheap test to distinguish mammoth and elephant ivories to prevent trafficking and laundering of elephant ivory
Principal Investigator
Professor Baker, David Michael
(Principal Investigator (PI))
Co-Investigator(s)
Dr Toropov Pavel
(Co-Investigator)
Duration
24
Start Date
2023-09-01
Amount
890800
Conference Title
Environment and Conservation Fund - A mammoth task: creating a reliable and cheap test to distinguish mammoth and elephant ivories to prevent trafficking and laundering of elephant ivory
Keywords
Mammoth ivories; elephant ivories; trafficking; laundering
Discipline
Biodiversity and Systematics
HKU Project Code
ECF Project 118/2022
Grant Type
Environment and Conservation Fund 2022
Funding Year
2022
Status
On-going
Objectives
1. Provide Hong Kong’s law enforcement a reliable, cheap, and precise test to distinguish elephant and mammoth ivories, closing the loophole of laundering of elephant ivory as legal mammoth ivory.