Amid the urgent and complex global challenge that illegal wildlife trade poses, Nigeria and other African leaders have called on international donors to commit $1 billion over the next 12 years to save continent's remaining elephants.
They made the plea during the Elephant Protection Initiative's (EPI) Consultative Group at the Illegal Wildlife Trafficking Conference, and urged "donors to put elephants beyond the risk of extinction" by helping provide the required investment.
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