West African states join elephant protection project
Kenya Wildlife Services (KWS) rangers pile up elephant ivory onto a pyre on April 20, 2016, at Nairobi's National Park in preparation for a historic burning. Cote d’Ivoire, Mali and Guinea have joined the elephant protection project. AFP PHOTO | TONY KARUMBA
Three Francophone countries have joined the Elephant Protection Initiative, an Africa-led conservation initiative to eradicate ivory trade and stop the slaughter of the continent’s elephants by poachers.
Cote d’Ivoire, Mali and Guinea joined the initiative in the course of 2017 — raising the number of signatories to 18. The three countries will work together to implement a sub-regional approach to elephant conservation.
