Southern Africa renews push to lift ivory trade ban
Tourists watch a herd of elephants heading to a watering hole at the Savute channel in Linyanti, Botswana. Southern African countries have renewed their push to have the ban on trade in ivory lifted setting the stage for heated debate at the next Cites meeting scheduled for October in Sri Lanka. PHOTO | FILE | NATION MEDIA GROUP
Southern African countries are pushing for the lifting of a global ban on sales of ivory in a bid to address human-wildlife conflict caused by bigger herds.
Leaders from six countries in the region who attended a summit in Botswana on Tuesday resolved to lobby the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Fauna and Flora (CITES) to lift the embargo.
