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Africa: No More Exports of Live Elephants - Except 'In Exceptional Circumstances'
Fondation Franz Weber, 27 August 2019
The export of live wild-caught elephants from Zimbabwe and Botswana to zoos and circuses beyond the African elephant range has, until now, been legal under international law. The… Read more »
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Africa: Momentous Decision By Cites To Limit Trade In Wild Caught African Elephants
Humane Society International, 27 August 2019
This momentous decision will save countless elephants from being snatched from their families and natural environment, says Humane Society International at CITES CoP18 in Geneva Read more »
Wildlife Regulator Imposes Near-Total Ban on Elephant Exports
In a decision conservationists have hailed as "momentous", the global wildlife trade regulator has agreed to impose a near-total ban on sending African elephants captured from the wild to zoos. States party to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species approved the measure in Geneva on Tuesday. Al Jazeera reports that Zimbabwe opposed the move but with with 87 in favour, 29 against and 25 abstaining, the measure secured the two-thirds majority needed to pass.
African elephants at the Hapoor water hole in the Addo Elephant National Park in the Eastern Cape, South Africa.
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Southern Africa: Southern Africa Angered By Ban On Elephant Trade
East African, 31 August 2019
African elephants caught from the wild will no longer be allowed to leave the continent, except under special exemptions, following the coming into effect earlier in the week of a… Read more »
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Zimbabwe: CITES - SADC, European Union Cross Swords
The Herald, 29 August 2019
The European Union (EU) and Sadc drew swords at the just-ended Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), with the regional block… Read more »
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CITES, 28 August 2019
The triennial World Wildlife Conference, known formally as CoP18 of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), concludes here… Read more »
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Southern Africa: SADC Loses Big At CITES
Botswana Daily News, 27 August 2019
The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) has rejected proposals submitted by five SADC member states, among them Botswana. Read more »
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Zimbabwe: CITES - Zimbabwe Considers Pull-Out
The Herald, 27 August 2019
Zimbabwe is contemplating pulling out of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) to fully benefit from its conservation of… Read more »
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Southern Africa: Ivory Trade - Cites Fail to Back SADC Again
The Herald, 26 August 2019
The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (Cites) has once again failed to agree on proposals to reopen trade in registered raw ivory. Read more »
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Africa: It's Time to Break the Deadlock Over Ivory Trade - Here's How
The Conversation Africa, 26 August 2019
Fierce debates over ivory have dominated the global conference for the international trade in species for 30 years, since the first international ivory ban was instituted in 1989.… Read more »
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Africa: To Trade or Not to Trade? The Ivory Question
ISS, 20 August 2019
Is a world without the illicit wildlife trade possible? One where no species faces imminent extinction at the hands of humans? Perhaps - with new technology, and consensus among… Read more »
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