He had been about to publish a report exposing how the ivory trade had shifted from China to neighbouring countries, Kahumbu added. Bradley-Martin's research was instrumental in China's decision to ban its legal rhino horn trade in 1993. It also pressured China to end legal ivory sales, a ban that came into force on January 1. He was an expert on the prices of ivory and rhino horn, leading undercover investigations into markets in China and Southeast Asia. South African Wayne Lotter, whose work targeted ivory smuggling from Africa to Asia, was shot dead in Tanzania in August.

Source: bd News24 February 05, 2018 10:52 UTC