Already, the "hard" ivory of cyclotis fetches a higher price in the growing markets of the Far East than "softer" ivory from African savanna elephants.

NPR: Lifting the Ivory Ban Called Premature

Adapted by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala from the novel by Kazuo Ishiguro, this Merchant-Ivory production strains so hard to portray dignified restraint that it almost seizes up with good manners.

NEWYORKER: The Remains of the Day

Gabon holds about 13% of the forests of Central Africa but it is home to around 40, 000 forest elephants, a smaller species that are attractive to poachers because their ivory is tinged with pink and is very hard.

BBC: Poaching boom sees thousands of elephants killed in Gabon