Ban On Ivory Trade Extended - June 2007
by David Ryan
Kenya has achieved success in the war to conserve the elephant as the international ban on ivory trade was extended.The ban, first imposed in 1989, will be extended by nine more years after one-off sale of stocks by southern African nations, a UN conference on endangered species agreed.
The 171-nation talks endorsed an overnight compromise by African ministers, after days of disputes on how to halt poaching, while letting local communities benefit from ivory sales in regions where elephant numbers are rising.
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"We have reached consensus on the proposal," Mr Greg Leach, an Australian chairing the talks of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (Cites) in the Hague, said amid applause from delegates.
The deal will allow one-off sales of government ivory stockpiles by four southern African nations, registered as of January 31, and then bar them from making new proposals to Cites to allow exports of ivory for nine years.
Kenya and Mali had argued for a total ban on ivory exports for up to 20 years to halt poaching. They said 19,000 elephants are poached annually, pushing elephants towards extinction.
But Botswana, Namibia, Zimbabwe and South Africa favoured tightly regulated sales, saying elephant numbers were rising.
"This African solution to an African problem marks a great step forward for wildlife conservation," Cites secretary general, Mr Willem Wijnstekers, said.
"It's good news for the elephant, good news for the people who live alongside them and good news for regional co-operation in Africa," he added.
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