World’s largest ivory burn delivered a strong message — but who received it?

Media coverage of the torching of huge caches of ivory presented a strong message against elephant poaching and ivory trade, but many of those who needed to hear it most may not have received it, an international study has found. University of Queensland researcher Alexander Braczkowski said an examination of the global media coverage of the world’s largest ivory burn in Kenya in 2016, revealed that coverage disproportionately reached western audiences.