Word: bans
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Just the week before, Japan declared a total ban on ivory imports. The country's ivory carvers have traditionally been the most avid consumers of tusks taken from African elephants. But in recent years, concerned that the rapid depletion of elephant herds could mean the end of their ancient trade, the carvers have agreed to ever tightening import restrictions. Now Tokyo has decided to halt all shipments indefinitely and let the carvers work from ivory stockpiles...
Environmentalists praised Japan's actions but noted that the reduction in drift-net use was much less sweeping than the ivory ban. Said New Zealand Prime Minister Geoffrey Palmer: "Any drift netting in the South Pacific is unacceptable...
Student Groups Work Around Door-drop Ban...
Bush's proposal, in his first speech to the United Nations General Assembly as president, was designed to spur a 40-nation conference in Geneva to ban chemical weapons entirely within 10 years...
That issue was controversial in 1985 and 1986 when Gov. Michael S. Dukakis changed state policy to all but ban gays and lesbians from being eligible for foster parenting...