Guest guest Posted April 2, 2003 Report Share Posted April 2, 2003 " Helena Harrington " <e.maximus1 <largibbon Fw: Botswana to sell 20 ton-ivory Tue, 1 Apr 2003 20:20:04 +1000 - " Melissa Groo " <melgroo Tuesday, April 01, 2003 10:57 AM Botswana to sell 20 ton-ivory > > Melissa Groo > Save the Elephants News Service Researcher > melgroo > ----- > Botswana to sell 20 ton-ivory > Botswana Daily News Online > 31 March, 2003 > > At least two countries have so far shown interest in buying the 20 tonnes of > ivory that Botswana is intending to sell. > > The country has been given permission to sell the ivory by the Convention on > International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES). > > However, Diana Chimidza, a CITIES desk officer in the Department of Wildlife > and National Parks, said " it is still premature to mention the names " of the > countries. > > She said the countries must have sufficient national legislation and > domestic trade controls to ensure that imported ivory would not be exported. > > Conversely, the department will manage the buyers in accordance with all the > requirements of CITES. In addition, the countries must be verified by CITES > secretariat for them to purchase the ivory. > > Government is intending to use all the proceeds from the sale exclusively in > conservation programmes for elephants within and adjacent to the elephant > range. > > Chimidza said poaching of elephants has declined drastically and attributed > that to the formation of a highly specialised and trained Anti-Poaching Unit > (APU) within her department. > > > ----- > For further information on elephants please see Save the Elephants' web site > at http://www.savetheelephants.org > > > > > _______________ > STOP MORE SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail > _______________ MSN Instant Messenger now available on Australian mobile phones. Go to http://ninemsn.com.au/mobilecentral/hotmail_messenger.asp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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