A keen awareness of ethical sourcing methods and environmentally sustainable practices continues to drive changes in the jewelry industry—from the growing use of traceable diamonds to the rising ...

HONOLULU -- It started as a simple dive shop in 1958, taking tourists and locals on scuba tours in the Pacific off Maui. But a year after opening, Maui Divers workers found what resembled a black bush ...

Along with ivory and conflict diamonds, the jewelry aficionado now has another exploited treasure from which to refrain: sea coral, which is finding itself under attack worldwide. In 2007, SeaWeb, an ...

WASHINGTON, DC, October 26, 2011 (ENS) – For illegal trading in protected black coral, a U.S. Virgin Islands company was sentenced Wednesday to pay a $1.8 million criminal fine in federal court in St.

Countries participating in a major endangered species trade conference in March must back better protections for red and pink coral, which are disappearing because of overfishing to make jewelry.

Countries participating in a major endangered species trade conference in March must back better protections for red and pink coral, which are disappearing because of overfishing to make jewelry.