Will Secret Wildlife Imports Doom Ultra-Rare Giant Sable?
credit: Richard Estes
My report on the latest threat to the critically endangered giant sable antelope of Angola is now online at National Geographic News.
JFW on ivory trade at ASIL meeting in Washington DC
On April 9th, I joined Craig Hoover, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Susan Lieberman, Federal Advisory Council on Wildlife Trafficking, and Anna Frostic, Humane Society of the U.S., on an American Society of International Law panel in Washington, DC organized by Rachelle Adam of Hebrew University. The subject? “Can International Law Help Prevent the Rapid Disappearance of Wildlife?” The entire panel can be seen on YouTube. My presentation starts at 17 minutes in, and runs for 13 minutes.
The Case for a Legal Ivory Trade
Ivory Trade Debate: Should the International Ban on Ivory Be Lifted?
“In a Yale Environment 360 debate, author John Frederick Walker and conservationist Mary Rice offer opposing views on whether the global ban on ivory trading should be eased. Walker argues that a partial lifting of the ban would reduce demand for illicit ivory, while Rice insists such a move would only accelerate the slaughter of Africa’s elephants.” Read the entire debate here.
JFW in two exhibitions in NY and CT
This fall I’m included in two upcoming group shows in New York and Connecticut:
Next: Off On Tangents: Unique Techniques in Print On and Off the Wall
Curated by Nancy Lasar • October 4 through Nov. 1, 2014
Tuesday through Saturday 10am – 5pm. Opening reception Saturday, October 11, from 4-6PM
4 bryan memorial plaza in washington depot, P.O. Box 173, ct 06794 • 860.868.2878
JFW at Washington Art Association July 5 -26, 2014
4 bryan memorial plaza in washington depot, P.O. Box 173, ct 06794 • 860.868.2878
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JFW in Central Booking Exhibition Nov. 7- Jan. 12
I’m one of the participating artists in Central Booking’s upcoming “The Medicine Show,” which opens with a reception on November 7, 6-8 pm at 21 Ludlow Street, New York, NY 10002. The exhibition runs through January 14, 2014, Thursday-Sunday, 12-6pm.
John Frederick Walker: Flayed Book (Red Man), 2011 / mixed media and collage on book covers, 9.5 x 15 x 1.25 inches
How China Could Decide the Future of Africa’s Elephants
My most recent piece on the poaching crisis, “How China Could Decide the Future of Africa’s Elephants,” argues for regulated legal ivory trade as a means to engage with China in the elimination of trafficking in tusks. It’s just been posted on the National Geographic News Watch blog, A Voice for Elephants. Here’s the link.
JFW discusses rhino horn trade on HuffPost live
I appeared on HuffPost Live’s “GreenBrief with Josh Zepps” program to discuss South Africa’s decision to seek permission from CITES to sell some of its rhino horn stockpile. The country hopes to undermine the black market in this product, valued for its presumed medicinal value in Asia, and also to raise funds to conserve this animal, now plagued by poaching. South Africa is home to 73 per cent of the world’s rhinos, including over 90% of white rhinos, which it brought back from near extinction last century.
Click here.
The rhino horn segment starts at 17:18 and runs to 26:08.
Rethinking Ivory: Why Trade in Tusks Won’t Go Away
My latest article, “Rethinking Ivory,” appears in the Summer 2013 issue of World Policy Journal, and is now available online. It challenges the conventional wisdom on the ivory trade and argues that a well-regulated commerce in tusks could offer a realistic way forward for elephant conservation.
JFW exhibition at Hotchkiss Library of Sharon June 1 – July 31
Lost Codex, 2012, 15x23x2 inches, altered book / mixed media
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