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Dar to push for ivory sale in teeth of Nairobi opposition
Elephants at the Manyara National Park. Tanzania wants its population downlisted to Cites Appendix II. Picture: Leonard Magomba
By ABDUEL ELINAZA
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Posted Sunday, January 31 2010 at 12:48
Posted Sunday, January 31 2010 at 12:48
The first was in 1997 while the second took place in 2008 when Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe and South Africa were allowed to have one-off ivory sales after Cites was convinced that their elephant herds had increased due to their strict conservation measures.
Now Tanzania and Zambia also want their elephant population to be downlisted from Cites Appendix I, which prohibits all trade in animal and plant species, to Appendix II, which allows trade if it is monitored.
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