Gading

ika-11 siglong tingo nin elepante, Italya

Inukitan na gading sa Sa'dabad Palace, Iran

Si Inang Santa Maria kilik si Sto. Nino, inukit sa gading na tingo kan elepante

An gading^[1] o marpil (Ingles: ivory; Espanyol: marfil) iyo an deskripsyon kan kalabaan kan ngipon asin mga tingo kan magkapirang mga hayop na arog kan elepante (gadya,^[2], inapod kaidto), hippopotamus, walrus, narwhal asin mammoth, orog na kun ini ginagamit na materyal sa arte o paghaman nin mga maarteng bagay. Ngonyan dai nang gayo garamiton an gading, alagad kan antigong panahon ginigibo ini sa manlaenlaen na bagay siring kan pustiso, kayab, domino, tekla kan piyano, butones, bagpipe kan Scot, o bola sa bilyar asin iba pang mga bagay na ornamental. alagad, igwa nang mga kasalida igdi arog kan mga plastik na haros garo na mansana arog kan tunay na teklang gading sa piyano. An Ingles na termino kaini, ivory, hale mansana sa Antigong Ehipto (âb, âbu , "elepante") paagi sa Latin ebor- o, ebur ^[3]

Sa lawig nin panahon nagin kontrobersyal an pagnegosyo asin pagbariwas kan mga tingong gading huli ta napupuho an populasyon kan mga elepante. Mala ta kan 1975 an Asyanong elepante ibinugtak na sa Appendix One kan Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES), na ini nabawal nin pagbariwas sa mga myembrong nasyon kaini. Siring man, an Aprikanong elepante ikinaag man sa Appendix One kan taon 1990.^{[4][5][6][7][8]}

Mga panluwas na takod

• The International Ivory Society
• EIA 25 yrs investigating the ivory trade, reports etc
• EIA (in the USA) reports etc Archived 2020-04-23 at the Wayback Machine.
• Ivory carving in France Archived 2012-01-14 at the Wayback Machine.
• Gemological properties of ivory Archived 2008-10-17 at the Wayback Machine.
• On The Preservation of Elephants by www.antiquespider.com^{[permanent dead link]}
• Learn About Different Ivories and Identifying Fakes Archived 2010-12-09 at the Wayback Machine.
• Kenya Ivory, Rhino Horn Seizure Tops 660 Pounds by Tom Odula, The Huffington Post, July 14, 2009
• Ivory Carvings Archived 2011-07-22 at the Wayback Machine. All about ivory Carvings
• TRAFFIC reports on the ivory trade including those on ETIS (Elephant Trade Information System)^{[permanent dead link]} prepared on behalf of CITES. TRAFFIC

Toltolan

1. gading Vocabulario de la Lengua Bicol
2. gadyaVocabulario de la Lengua Bicol
3. The New Shorter Oxford English Dictionary (Oxford 1993), entry for "ivory."
4. CITES http://www.cites.org/gallery/species/mammal/asianelephant.html
5. "To Save An Elephant" by Allan Thornton & Dave Currey, Doubleday 1991 ISBN 0-385-40111-6
6. Washington Post 2007 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/26/AR2007022600932.html
7. NPR News 2002 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=3879214
8. WWF Wildlife Trade - elephant ivory FAQs http://www.worldwildlife.org/what/globalmarkets/wildlifetrade/faqs-elephant.html